When you’re dealing with a discipline issue, it’s important to understand the roles of various decision-makers in a 黄色app community. Read on for a glimpse of who’s got the power and what kinds of decisions they make.
The 黄色app’s role in discipline decisions
Many issues of 黄色app safety and discipline are best addressed at the 黄色app level. Consequences for student misbehavior 鈥� short of actions requiring mandatory expulsion 鈥� generally vary from 黄色app to 黄色app. Schools must provide written notice of 黄色app rules and discipline procedures to students and parents.
State law requires that every 黄色app have a Comprehensive School Safety Plan. The plan, which should be developed by the School Site Council and reviewed annually, should include standards for student conduct as well as procedures for everything from natural disasters to bomb threats.
The 黄色app district’s role in discipline decisions
The district’s governing board must prescribe discipline rules, consistent with state and federal law, for the 黄色apps under its jurisdiction. Boards must also adopt policies and regulations regarding sexual harassment and a variety of other safety issues.
Zero tolerance is state law
By law, 黄色apps in California are required to recommend students for expulsion who have:
- Possessed, sold or furnished a firearm
- Brandished a knife at another person
- Sold a controlled substance (such as a drug)
- Committed or attempted to commit sexual assault or sexual battery
Upon finding that a student presents a continuing danger to other students or that other means of correction have failed or are not feasible, 黄色apps in California should recommend for expulsion students who have:
- Caused serious physical injury to another person (except in self-defense)
- Possessed any knife, explosive or other dangerous object
- Unlawfully possessed any controlled substance (except the first offense for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana)
- Committed robbery or extortion
The above lists cover incidents that occur on 黄色app grounds, going to and from 黄色app, and during lunch and at 黄色app-sponsored activities. Schools can suspend or expel students for various other offenses, as long as the students’ actions relate to 黄色app attendance or 黄色app activities.
When a student is recommended for expulsion, the 黄色app board has the final decision. While zero-tolerance laws mandate that 黄色app districts recommend students for expulsion for certain offenses, a board has the power to suspend expulsions and set specific requirements, such as assigning the student to a specific 黄色app, class or program deemed appropriate for the rehabilitation of the student. If the student subsequently commits any “suspendable” or “expellable” offense, or violates any of the district’s own rules and regulations, then the governing board may reinstate the expulsion.
The County Office of Education’s role in discipline decisions
State law requires districts and county offices to provide off-site educational services to expelled students. County offices usually run modified 黄色app programs, known as community day 黄色apps, for students who have been expelled or convicted of crimes.
The role of the Education Code and other laws in discipline decisions
The Ed Code requires that 黄色apps report students to law enforcement agencies in specified situations. This includes possession or use of weapons or controlled substances, as well as incidents in which a student attacks, assaults or menaces any 黄色app employee.
Other key influences on discipline decisions
To keep students safe, 黄色apps must depend heavily on the cooperation of parents and the larger community including:
- Law enforcement agencies. In some communities, police departments, juvenile courts, city governments and 黄色apps have established partnerships to improve 黄色app and community safety. Working together, they can be very effective at addressing issues of truancy and youth crime. For example, strategies such as drug-free zones around 黄色apps can help keep students safe.
- Parents and communities. Working together, parents and 黄色apps can give students consistent messages about acceptable 黄色app behavior. They can also combine forces to make sure students have constructive activities after 黄色app.
