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STUDENT  DISCIPLINE

The Superintendent shall recommend policies and develop procedures for the discipline of students that comply with A.R.S.15-843.  These policies and procedures will apply to all students traveling to, attending, and returning from school, and while visiting another school or at a District-sanctioned activity, or in any other situation in which the District may lawfully exercise its authority to discipline a student.  When suspension or expulsion is involved, notice, hearing, and appeal procedures shall conform to applicable legal requirements.

The discipline, suspension and expulsion of pupils shall not be based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, ancestry or any other unlawful reason.  A substantial or deliberate failure to comply with the prohibition against race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, ancestry or any other unlawful reason may subject the District to the loss of funds imposed by A.R.S. 15-843.

The administrator, direct supervisor, or designee of each District school shall ensure that a copy of all rules pertaining to discipline, suspension, and expulsion of pupils are distributed to each student's parents at the time the student enrolls in school each year.

The administrator, direct supervisor, or designee of each District school shall ensure that all rules pertaining to the discipline, suspension, and expulsion of pupils are communicated to students at the beginning of each school year, and to transfer students at the time of their enrollment in the school.

Information concerning a student's disciplinary record will be held in the strictest confidence.

Disciplinary actions taken will be recorded in an administrative log, and all types of suspensions or expulsions will be recorded in a separate file for each student.

Temporary  Removal

Teachers are authorized to temporarily remove a student from a class.  A teacher may temporarily remove a student to the administrator, direct supervisor, or designee, in accord with:

A.  Rules established for the referral of students.

B.  The conditions of A.R.S. 15-841, when applicable.

The Superintendent shall establish such rules as are necessary to implement the temporary removal procedure.

Threatened  an  Educational  Institution

Threatened an educational institution means to interfere with or disrupt an educational institution as found in A.R.S. 15-841 and 13-2911.  A student who is determined to have threatened an educational institution shall be expelled from school for at least one (1) year except that the District may modify this expulsion requirement for a pupil on a case-by-case basis and may reassign a pupil subject to expulsion to an alternative education program if the pupil participates in mediation, community service, restitution or other programs in which the pupil takes responsibility for the results of the threat.  The District may require the student's parent(s) to participate in mediation, community service, restitution or other programs with the student as a condition to the reassignment of the pupil to an alternative education program.

Regulating  Off-Campus
Speech

While the District may regulate certain types of off-campus student speech, it must be mindful of student rights of expression under the First Amendment.

Circumstances that may implicate the District’s off-campus regulatory interests include, but are not limited to:

A.  Serious or severe bullying or harassment targeting particular individuals.

B.  Threats aimed at teachers or other students.

C.  The failure to follow rules concerning:

1.  Lessons.

2.  The writing of papers.

3.  The use of computers.

4.  Participation in other online school activities.

D.  Breaches of school security devices.

The District may take affirmative steps to work with the student, short of discipline, to engage in future respectful and accountable digital citizenship.

Adopted:  August 9, 2023

LEGAL REF.:
A.R.S.
13-403 et seq.
13-2911
13-3401
13-3411
15-105
15-341
15-342
15-841
15-842
15-843
15-844

CROSS REF.:
GBEB - Staff Conduct
JIC - Student Conduct
JKA - Corporal Punishment
JKD - Student Suspension
JKE - Expulsion of Students
JLDB - Restraint and Seclusion