CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Changes sentencing guidelines for posting or calling in threats to schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Increased the maximum prison sentence for terrorizing a school from five years to fifteen years.

Updated the penalty for menacing a school to allow imprisonment with or without hard labor, whereas the previous version only allowed imprisonment with or without hard labor but did not explicitly mention hard labor in the same context for this specific offense.

Added a requirement that parents or legal guardians must sign a written form acknowledging receipt and understanding of information about school terrorizing and menacing crimes.

Corrected a typo in the definition of 'youth or youths' by changing the age threshold from sixteen to fourteen years.

Removed redundant text regarding the age of eighteen and adjusted the formatting of the bill's title and section headers.

The maximum penalty for terrorizing a school property was increased from fifteen years to fifteen years without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

A new penalty was added for menacing a school property, allowing for a fine up to one thousand dollars or imprisonment for two to five years.

School principals are now required to disseminate information about terrorizing and menacing schools to students in grades six and above and their parents during the first five days of the school year.

Parents or legal guardians must sign a written form acknowledging receipt and understanding of the school safety information provided to their children.

The definition of 'youth' for certain provisions was changed to include individuals who are at least sixteen years old and not more than twenty-four years old.