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EASTON AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
No. 218
SECTION:
PUPILS
TITLE:
STUDENT DISCIPLINE
ADOPTED:
MARCH 5, 2007
REVISED:
MARCH 19, 2009
218. STUDENT DISCIPLINE
1.
Purpose
The Board finds that student conduct is closely related to learning. An effective
educational program requires a safe and orderly school environment.
2.
Authority
SC 510
Title 22
Sec. 12.3
The Board shall establish fair and reasonable rules and regulations regarding the
conduct and deportment of all students in the school district during the time they are
under the supervision of the school or at any time while on school property, while
present at school-sponsored activities, and while traveling to or from school and
school-sponsored activities.
Title 22
Sec. 12.3
The Board shall adopt a Code of Student Conduct to govern student behavior.
Title 22
Sec. 12.2
Each student must adhere to Board policies and the Code of Student Conduct
governing school discipline.
Off-Campus Activities
This policy shall also apply to student conduct that occurs off school property and
would violate the Code of Student Conduct if:
Pol. 122, 123
1.
There is a nexus between the proximity or timing of the conduct in relation to the
student's attendance at school or school-sponsored activities.
2.
The student is a member of an extracurricular activity and has been notified that
particular off-campus conduct could result in exclusion from such activities.
3.
Student expression or conduct materially and substantially disrupts the
operations of the school, or the administration reasonably anticipates that the
expression or conduct is likely to materially and substantially disrupt the
operations of the school.
4.
The conduct has a direct nexus to attendance at school or a school-sponsored
activity, such as an agreement to complete a transaction outside of school that
would violate the Code of Student Conduct.
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5.
The conduct involves the theft or vandalism of school property.
3.
Guidelines
Pol. 233
Pol. 220
Pol. 233
Any student disciplined by a district employee shall have the right to notice of the
infraction.
When a violation of the Code of Student Conduct involves student expression,
Policy 220 shall be followed.
Suspensions and expulsions shall be carried out in accordance with Policy 233.
Corporal Punishment
No person employed or engaged by this district is authorized to inflict, or cause to be
inflicted, corporal punishment upon a student.
District employees may, within the scope of their employment, use such amount of
force and restraint as is reasonable and necessary to maintain order; to quell a
disturbance threatening physical injury to others; or to obtain possession of weapons
or other dangerous objects upon the person or within the control of the student; for
the purpose of self-defense; and for the protection of persons or property.
The Board believes that a measure of control is essential to the achievement of a
good learning environment and supports its employees in the development and use
of alternative forms of discipline.
4.
Delegation of
Responsibility
The Superintendent or designee shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement
Board policy governing student conduct.
Title 22
Sec. 12.3
The Superintendent or designee shall publish and distribute to all staff, students and
parents/guardians the rules for student behavior contained in the Code of Student
Conduct and the sanctions that may be imposed for violations of those rules. A copy
of the Code of Student Conduct shall be available in each school library and school
office.
The Superintendent shall report to the Board the methods of discipline imposed by
administrators and incidences of student misconduct, in the degree of specificity
required by the Board.
SC 1317
The building principal shall have the authority to assign discipline to students,
subject to the policies, rules and regulations of the district and to the student's due
process right to notice, hearing, and appeal.
SC 1317
Pol. 220
Teaching staff and other district employees responsible for students shall have the
authority to take reasonable actions necessary to control the conduct of students in
all situations and in all places where students are within the jurisdiction of this Board
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and when such conduct interferes with the educational program of the schools or
threatens the health and safety of others.
References:
School Code – 24 P.S. Sec. 510, 1317, 1318
State Board of Education Regulations – 22 PA Code Sec. 12.2, 12.3, 12.5, 12.6;
22 PA Code Sec. 403.1
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 – 20 U.S.C. Sec. 7114
Board Policy – 122, 123, 220, 233