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

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

The Board requires each student of this Corporation to adhere to the Code of Conduct promulgated by the administration and to submit to such disciplinary measures as are appropriately assigned for infraction of those rules. Such rules shall require students:

The Superintendent will promulgate administrative guidelines for student conduct which carry out the purposes of this policy.

The Superintendent shall cause to be published to all students and their parents the rules of this Corporation regarding student conduct, the sanctions which may be imposed for breach of those rules, and the due-process procedures that will be followed in administering the Code of Conduct. Parents and students who are eighteen (18) years or older will shall be provided a form which is to be signed and returned to the school principal confirming that the Code of Conduct has been read and is understood. Failure to return the form shall have no effect on the utilization of the disciplinary actions contained in the Code with that student.

The Superintendent will report to the Board annually the methods of discipline used and the incidents of those types of student misconduct designated by the Board.

The building administrator shall have the authority to assign discipline to students, subject to Corporation administrative guidelines and the student's due process rights to notice, hearing, and appeal.

Teachers 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.

No student is to be detained after the close of the regular school day unless the student's parent has been contacted and informed that the student will be detained or other suitable transportation arrangements have been made. No student shall be refused transportation services until the parent has been notified. Notification to the parent is the responsibility of Corporation personnel and should be made prior to the departure of school buses. If a parent cannot be contacted, the child should be detained on another day.

I.C. 20-33-8-1 et seq.

Revised 11/13/06