The Board acknowledges that conduct is closely related to learning - an effective instructional program requires an orderly school environment and the effectiveness of the educational program is, in part, reflected in the behavior of students.

The Board believes that the best discipline is self-imposed and that students should learn to assume responsibility for their own behavior and the consequences of their actions.

All school personnel shall be informed and responsible for all Board administrative procedures concerning discipline. All school personnel shall become involved in the discipline process anywhere on campus or at school functions off campus. A good faith effort shall be made by the principal to employ parental assistance or other alternative measures prior to suspension.

The Board shall require each student of this District during the time they are being transported to or from school at public expense, attending school, engaged in a school-sponsored activity, and on the school premises, and during a reasonable time before and after a student is on the premises for attendance at school or for authorized participation in a school-sponsored activity, and only when on the premises, be under the control and direction of the principal or designee and under the immediate control and direction of the teacher or other member of the instructional staff, or bus driver to whom such responsibility may be assigned by the principal. A "reasonable time" shall mean thirty (30) minutes before or after the school day or school-sponsored activity is scheduled or actually begins or ends, whichever period is longer.

The Board shall also require each student of this District to:

The Board will not tolerate any form of violence, disruptive or inappropriate behavior, nor excessive truancy which it defines as more than nine (9) days of absence. In addition to disciplinary action specified in the parent/student handbooks, the Superintendent shall develop strategies that will help prevent students from demonstrating any of these unacceptable behaviors.

The Superintendent shall promulgate administrative procedures for student conduct which carry out the purposes of this policy and:

The Superintendent shall designate sanctions for the infractions of rules, excluding corporal punishment, which shall:

The Superintendent shall publish to all students and their parents the rules of this District regarding student conduct and the sanctions which may be imposed for breach of those rules.

The Superintendent shall inform the Board periodically of the methods of discipline imposed by this District and the incidence of student misconduct in such degree of specificity as shall be required by the Board.

Principals shall have the authority to assign discipline to students, subject to the administrative procedures of the Superintendent and to the student's due process right to notice, hearing, and appeal.

Teachers, school bus drivers, and other employees of this Board having authority over students shall have the authority to take such means as may be necessary to control the disorderly conduct of students in all situations and in all places where such students are within the jurisdiction of this Board and when such conduct interferes with the educational program of the schools or threatens the health and safety of others.

F.S. 1001.43, 1002.20, 1003.31, 1003.32, 1006.07, 1006.08, 1006.09, 1106.10