FILE: JDF
ZERO TOLERANCE DISCIPLINE PROGRAM
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall strongly emphasize positive discipline measures when dealing with disruptive behavior and infractions of students. The School Board takes a position of "zero tolerance" with regard to weapons, explosives, physical attacks or batteries, fighting, and illegal narcotics, drugs, alcohol, and controlled substances. Such conduct will not be tolerated by the School Board.
FIGHTING
The School Board shall require the school principal to call appropriate law enforcement authorities for every fight involving students who are fourteen (14) years of age or older. If there are no assigned School Security Officers or Youth Resource Officers available, the local law enforcement authorities shall be called. The law enforcement authorities shall investigate the incident and take appropriate action.
Students involved in a fight at school, in addition to action taken by the law enforcement authorities, shall be subject to suspension or expulsion in accordance with provisions in the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook and Discipline Policy.
Students are subject to the zero tolerance for fighting provisions from the time the student leaves home for school until the time the student returns home from school. It shall also be applicable during all school-related activities.
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:81, 17:223, 17:416, 17:416.1
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board