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STANDARDS OF STUDENT
CONDUCT
The
following are standards of student conduct established by the School Board for
all students under its jurisdiction. Consequences shall be determined on the
basis of the facts presented in each instance of misconduct in the reasonable
discretion of the Board, its designated committees and other appropriate school
officials.
1. Student Dress
A student’s dress and appearance shall not be such that
it causes disruption, distracts others from the educational process or creates
a health or safety problem. Students must comply with specific building dress
regulations and of which students will be given prior notice.
2. Unexcused Absence or Tardiness
Students shall not be absent from or report late to class
or school without appropriate parental permission, school permission or an
otherwise valid excuse.
3. Disruptive Conduct
Students shall not engage in conduct that is or is
intended to be disruptive of any school activity, function or process of the
school or is dangerous to the health or safety of students or others.
4. Profane, Obscene or Abusive Language
Students shall not use language, a gesture, or engage in
conduct that is vulgar, profane, and obscene or disrupts the teaching and
learning environment.
5. Threats or Intimidation
Students shall not make any verbal or physical threat of
bodily injury or use of force directed toward another person for the purpose of
extortion or for any other reason.
6. Assault and Battery
A student shall not assault or commit battery upon
another person. Voluntary fighting
resulting in physical injury to another person shall be considered assault and
battery.
Physical Assault includes any physical confrontation that
may result in no injury, minor injury, or serious injury that includes, but may
not be limited to, kicking, shoving, pushing, hitting and fighting.
Battery is the unlawful
application of force to the person of another.
7. Bullying
A
student, either individually or as a part of a group, shall not harass or bully
others. Prohibited conduct includes, but
is not limited to, physical intimidation, taunting, name-calling, and insults
and any combination of prohibited activities.
Prohibited conduct includes verbal conduct consisting of comments
regarding the race, gender, religion, physical abilities or characteristics or
associates of the targeted person.
8. Gambling
A student shall not bet money or other things of value,
or knowingly play or participate in any game involving such a bet, on school
property or during any school related activity.
9. Use and/or Possession of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Anabolic Steroids, and Other Drugs
A student shall not possess, use, and/or distribute
alcohol, tobacco and/or tobacco products, or other drugs on school property, on
school buses, or during school activities, on or off school property. This
includes, but may not be limited to, smokeless tobacco, anabolic steroids,
look-alike drugs, drug paraphernalia, and any prescription or non-prescription
drug not possessed in accordance with Policy JHCD.
A student shall not possess, procure or purchase or
attempt to possess, procure, or purchase, or be under the influence of (legal
intoxication not required), or use or consume or attempt to use or consume, any
of the restricted substances listed in this regulation or what is represented
by or to the student to be any of the restricted substances listed in this
regulation or what the student believes is any of the restricted substances in
this regulation.
This regulation incorporates Policy JFCF.
Restricted Substances include alcoholic drinks,
marijuana, narcotic drugs, hallucinogens, stimulants, depressants, and anything
else covered by the Drug Control Act referenced below, as well as any abusable
glue, paint and similar materials, anabolic steroids and both prescription and
non-prescription drugs if they are not taken according to the prescription or
directions on the package, and includes anything that a student represents to
be a restricted substance or which a student believes is a restricted
substance.
In
addition to any other consequences which may result, a student who is a member
of a school athletic team will be ineligible for two school years to compete in
interscholastic athletic competition if the school principal and the division
superintendent determine that the student used anabolic steroids during the
training period immediately preceding or during the sport season of the
athletic team, unless such steroid was prescribed by a licensed physician for a
medical condition.
10. Distribution or Sale of Illegal Drugs or Possession or
Distribution with Intent to Sell
Students shall not manufacture, give, sell, distribute or
possess with intent to give, sell or distribute marijuana or other controlled
substance as defined in the Drug Control Act, Chapter 15.1 of Title 54 of the
Code of Virginia.
11. Vandalism
Students shall not willfully or maliciously damage or
deface any school building or other property owned or under the control of the
School Board. In addition, students shall not willfully or maliciously damage
or deface property belonging to or under the control of any other person at
school, on a school bus or at school-sponsored events.
12. Defiance
of the Authority of School Personnel
Students shall comply with any oral or written
instructions made by school personnel within the scope of their authority as
provided by board policies and regulations.
13. Possession or Use of Weapons or Other
Dangerous Articles
Students shall not have in their possession any type of
unauthorized firearm or other article which may be used as a weapon, regardless
of whether it is commonly accepted as such. This regulation incorporates Policy
JFCD.
14. Theft
A student shall not intentionally take the personal property
of another person without consent under duress, threat or otherwise.
15. Behavior on School Bus
Students shall not behave in a disruptive manner or
otherwise violate these Standards of Conduct while waiting for a school bus,
while on a school bus or after being discharged from a school bus.
16. Cheating
Students shall not cheat, plagiarize or knowingly make
false statements with respect to any assigned school work or tests.
17. Trespass
The student shall not trespass on school property or use
school facilities without proper authority or permission, or during a period of
suspension or expulsion.
18. Gang Activity
A student shall not engage in gang activities as defined
in Policy JFCE, incorporated by reference.
19. Harassment
A
student shall not harass another student or any school employee, volunteer,
student teacher or any other person present in school facilities or at school
functions in violation of Policy JFHA/GBA Sexual Harassment/Harassment Based on
Race, National Origin, Disability and Religion.
20. Possession of Beepers, Cellular
Telephones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDA), or Similar Devices
Students may possess a beeper, cellular telephone,
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or other communications device on school property,
including school buses, provided that the device must remain off and out of
sight during instructional time. If a
student possesses such a device other than as permitted in this policy, in
addition to other disciplinary sanctions which may be imposed, the device may
be confiscated from the student and returned only to the student’s parent.
21. Reports of Conviction or Adjudication of
Delinquency Pursuant to § 16.1-305.1
Students convicted or adjudicated delinquent of an
offense listed in the Code of Virginia, 1950 as amended, § 16.1-305.1, may be
suspended or expelled.
22. Laser Pointers
Students shall not have in their possession laser
pointers.
23. Acceptable Use of the Internet
Students shall abide by the Buena Vista School Division’s
Acceptable Computer Use Policy and Regulation.
24. Felony Charges
Students
charged with any offense, wherever committed, that would be a felony if
committed by an adult may be disciplined and/or required to participate in
prevention/ intervention activities.
25. Bomb Threats
Students
shall not engage in any illegal conduct involving firebombs, explosive or
incendiary materials or devices or hoax explosive devices or chemical bombs as
defined in the Code of Virginia.
Moreover, students shall not make any threats or false threats to bomb
school personnel or school property.
26.
Hazing
Students
shall not engage in hazing.
Hazing means to recklessly or
intentionally endanger the health or safety of a student or students or to
inflict bodily harm on a student or students in connection with or for the
purpose of initiation, admission into or
affiliation with or as a condition for continued membership in a club,
organization, association, fraternity, sorority, or student body regardless of
whether the student or students so endangered or injured participated
voluntarily in the relevant activity.
The
principal of any school at which hazing which causes bodily injury occurs shall
report the hazing to the local Commonwealth Attorney. Hazing, as defined above, is a Class 1
misdemeanor which may be punished by confinement in jail for up to 12 months
and a fine of up to $2,500, or both, in addition to any disciplinary
consequences which may be imposed under this policy. In addition, any person receiving bodily injury by hazing has a
right to sue, civilly, the person or persons guilty thereof, whether adults or
infants. See Va. Code 18.2-56.
27. Other Conduct
In addition to these
specific standards, students shall not engage in any conduct which materially and
substantially disrupts the ongoing educational process or which is
otherwise a violation
of federal, state or local law.
CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
The following
corrective actions are among those available to the school administration for
violation of the Student Code of Conduct. Each offense shall be considered
fully in determining reasonable corrective actions.
1. Counseling
2. Admonition
3. Reprimand
4. Loss of privileges, including access to
the School Division’s computer system
5. Parental conferences
6. Tasks or restrictions assigned by the
principal or his designee
7. Detention after school or before school
8. Suspension from school-sponsored
activities or events prior to, during, or after the regular school day
9. In-school suspension
10. Out-of-school suspension
11. Referral to an alternative education
program
12. Notify legal authority where appropriate
13. Recommendation for expulsion
14. Mandatory expulsion for bringing a
firearm onto school property or to a school-sponsored activity or use or possession
of a controlled substance, imitation controlled substance or marijuana, as
defined in Chapter 34 of Title 54.1 and §18.2-247 of the Code of Virginia on
school property or at a school sponsored activity
15. Evaluation for alcohol or drug abuse
16. Participation in a drug, alcohol or
violence intervention, prevention or treatment program
Adopted
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Legal
Refs.: Code of Virginia, 1950, as
amended, §§ 18.2-56, 18.2-83, 18.2-85, 18.2-87.1, 18.2-308, 18.2-308.1,
18.2-308.7, 18.2-433.1, 22.1-70.2, 22.1-78, 22.1-202, 22.1-253.13:7.C.3,
22.1-276.3, 22.1-277, 22.1-277.07:1, 22.1-277.2, 22.1-279.1.
Student Conduct Policy
Guidelines 2005 Update, Virginia
Board of Education, September 21, 2005.
Cross
Ref.: CLA Reporting
Acts of Violence and Substance Abuse
ECAB Vandalism
GAB/IIBEA Acceptable Computer
System Use
GAB-R/IIBEA-R Acceptable Computer System Use Regulation
IEA Pledge
of Allegiance
JFC Student
Conduct
JFCD Weapons in
School
JFCE Gang
Activity or Association
JFCF Drugs in
School
JFHA/GBA Sexual
Harassment/Harassment Based on Race, National Origin, Disability and Religion
JGA Corporal
Punishment
JGD/JGE Student
Suspension/Expulsion
JGDA Disciplining
Students with Disabilities
JGDB Discipline
of Students with Disabilities for Infliction of Serious Bodily Injury
JHCD Administering
Medicines to Students
JFN Student
Fees, Fines and Charges