Ohio Hi-Point Joint Vocational School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

5600 - STUDENT DISCIPLINE

The Board of Education acknowledges that conduct is closely related to learning - an effective instructional program requires an orderly school environment and the efficacy 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. The Board has zero tolerance of violent, disruptive or inappropriate behavior by its students.

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

 

A.

conform to reasonable standards of socially acceptable behavior;

     
 

B.

respect the person and property of others;

     
 

C.

preserve the degree of order necessary to the educational program in which they are engaged;

     
 

D.

respect the rights of others; and

     
 

E.

obey constituted authority and respond to those who hold that authority.

The Student Code of Conduct/Student Discipline Code designates sanctions for the infractions of rules, excluding corporal punishment, which shall:

 

A.

relate in kind and degree to the infraction;

     
 

B.

help the student learn to take responsibility for his/her actions;

     
 

C.

be directed, where possible, to reduce the effects of any harm which may have been caused by the student’s misconduct.

Students may be prohibited by authorized school personnel from participating in all or part of co-curricular and/or extra-curricular activities without further notice, hearing or appeal rights. A student who has been disorderly on a school bus may be suspended from transportation services consistent with Board policy and the Student Code of Conduct/Student Discipline Code.

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

The Superintendent, Directors, and other administrators shall have the authority to assign discipline to students, subject to the Student Code of Conduct/Student Discipline Code and, where required by law, 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 may take such action 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 school or threatens the health and safety of others.

Discipline on Board vehicles shall be the responsibility of the driver on regular bus runs. When Board vehicles are used for field trips and other Board activities, the teacher, coach, advisor, or other Board employee shall be responsible for student discipline. If a student becomes a serious discipline problem on a vehicle, the Superintendent and/or his/her designee may suspend the transportation privileges of the student, providing such suspension conforms with due process. The procedures for suspension are set forth in the Student Code of Conduct/Student Discipline Code and Board Policy 5611 – Due Process Rights.

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. If a parent cannot be contacted, the student shall be detained on another day.

R.C. 3313.20, 3313.66, 3313.534, 3313.661, 3315.07
A.C. 3301-35-03(G) 3301-83-07

Revised 5/27/98
Revised 3/23/16