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Clinton School Board Policies are now online! Click here. The Clinton City Board of Education has adopted a Code of Pupil Behavior and Discipline for all schools. A copy of this code is distributed to all staff members and parents at the beginning of each year. Students are expected to behave in an appropriate manner and violations of the code may be accompanied by serious consequences. The principal is responsible for the maintenance of good order and discipline within the school and all its sponsored activities. Each teacher is responsible for and shall have authority for the maintenance of order within the classroom that is conducive to learning. Appropriate behavior is imperative at all schools and school-sponsored activities. Pupils who intentionally destroy or damage any school property shall pay for such destruction or damage according to the value set by the school authorities, but this value shall not exceed the cost of full repair or replacement. This includes school and school-sponsored activities during and after school hours. Disruption and Interference of School Activities A student shall not use violence, force, noise, coercion, threat, intimidation, fear, passive resistance, or any other conduct which causes the disruption, interference or obstruction of any school purpose while on school property, in school vehicles or buses, or at any school-sponsored activity, function or event, whether on- or off-campus. Neither shall he/she urge other students to engage in such conduct. Any student committing battery upon an employee of the Clinton City Schools will be expelled for one calendar year. (99th General Assembly, 1996 SB 2116 and HB 2861) A student shall not use vulgar language or behave in a manner considered by society to be vulgar, abusive, profane or obscene. Any student exhibiting such language or behavior shall be referred to the principal's office at the teacher/staff members' discretion. Examples of this type of language or behavior include (but are not limited to) profanity, a defiant challenge to a staff member concerning class or school rules, abusive behavior or intimidating others to become disorderly. No student shall use, possess, or be under the influence of any illegal or non-prescribed narcotic drug, amphetamine, barbiturate, hallucinogenic drug, legend or controlled substance, marijuana, alcoholic beverage, paint, glue, or intoxicant of any kind in the following situations:
Any student who furnishes, uses, or possesses any of the above mentioned substances, counterfeit substances, synthetic substance, or who furnishes a simulated or look-alike substance and who expresses or implies that the substance is a controlled substance, will be reported to the Clinton Police Department by the school authorities. Students admitting or having the above charges proven to be true by the school authorities and/or police shall be placed on probation and/or suspended. The student shall appear before a show cause hearing board at a date to be determined by the assistant director of schools. The student shall have the opportunity to appeal the decision of the show cause hearing to the Disciplinary Hearing Authority and/or Board of Education, pursuant to Board policy J-10 and TCA 49-6-34001. The use, furnishing or possession of any illegal or non-prescribed narcotic drug, hallucinogenic, amphetamine, barbiturate, marijuana, paint, glue, beer, alcohol, or intoxicant of any kind. A controlled substance which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name or other identifying mark, imprint, number or device, or any likeness thereof, of a manufacturer, distributor or dispenser other than the person who in fact manufactured, distributed, or dispensed the substance. A synthetic substance is a chemical compound that has the same or similar effect of any illegal drug, legend or controlled substance, hallucinogenic, barbiturate, amphetamine or intoxicant, made by the artificial combination of elements by any physical or chemical process. A non-controlled substance furnished with the implication that it is a controlled substance. It may or may not have the markings or label of a controlled substance. Example: Caffeine is a look-alike substance if it is furnished with the implication that it is or is a substance for PCP. The exchange, transmittal, and/or supplying of any article defined in this policy as substance abuse regardless of whether the purpose of such exchange, transmittal and/or supplying was for profit or given without monetary and/or other compensation. A state of disciplinary action assigned to a student involved in the violation of school rules and/or policies. Should subsequent misbehavior/rules violations occur, suspension from attending school shall be determined by the Director of Schools, his/her designee, and/or the Board of Education. A student may or may not be excluded from attending school for a designated period of time during the probationary period. A student may or may not be excluded from school for a designated period of time during the probation period if the director of schools and Board of Education so determine. No student shall have in his/her possession at school items such as illegal drugs, tobacco, matches, razor blades, knives, knucks, or any other item designated to inflict harm to others, or cause damage to property. (T.C.A. 49-6-4201) Violation of these laws may lead to suspension or expulsion from attending school. (T.C.A. 49-6-3401) |
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