The School Board believes the right of persons to use tobacco must be balanced against the right of those who do not use tobacco to breathe air untainted by tobacco. The Corporation is a tobacco-free environment.

For purposes of this policy, "use of tobacco" means a cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other matter or substance containing tobacco, as well as electronic, "vapor," or other substitute forms of cigarettes.

In order to protect students and employees who choose not to use tobacco from an environment noxious to them, and because the Board cannot, even by indirection, condone the use of tobacco, the Board prohibits the use of tobacco on school property at all times. Such prohibition also applies on school grounds, on school buses, and at any school-related event, effective May 1, 2006.

I.C. 16-41-37
20 U.S.C. 6081 et seq.
U.S.D.O.E. Memorandum, 1995

Revised 10/10/94
Revised 4/22/96
Revised 3/13/06
Revised 9/12/11