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RULE K - Truancy and Tardiness - Truancy is prohibited. Truancy is declared when a student is absent from school or any portion thereof without school authorization and parental consent. Tardiness to class is prohibited.
RULE L - Publications and Organizations - Publishing or distributing any printed material or promoting organizations or joining any club or organization which has not been approved by the Board of Education is prohibited.
RULE M - Forgery, Cheating, Plagiarism, and/or Infringement of Copyright Material - Any form of forgery, cheating, plagiarism, and/or infringement of copyright material is prohibited. Examples may include the following: use or attempt to use false identification or information to mislead school personnel; taking and using as one’s own writings and/or recorded ideas of another. Also, knowingly giving false reports or identification to school officials with the intent to mislead them is prohibited. Penalties and Policies within individual classes will be determined by either team or individual teacher discretion and will be sent home for parents to read and sign with the other district forms at the beginning of the year.
RULE N - Unauthorized Sales - No student shall sell or cause to sell anything during school hours, anytime on school property, or at school- sponsored events without the prior approval of the building administrators. Depending upon the circumstances, restitution may also be required.
RULE O - Collusion - No student shall assist or aid in any way another student in violating either school rules and regulations or any law or ordinance when either student is properly under the authority of school personnel.
RULE P - Hazing - Hazing is prohibited. Hazing is defined as doing any act or Coercing another, including the victim, to do any act of initiation into any student or other organization that causes or creates a substantial risk of causing mental or physical harm to any person. Permission, consent, or assumption of risk by an individual subjected to hazing does not lessen the prohibition contained in this policy. *
It is the policy of the Sheffield-Sheffield Lake Board of Education that hazing activities of any types are inconsistent with the educational process and shall be prohibited at all times. No administrator, faculty member, or other employee of the school district shall encourage, permit, condone, or tolerate any hazing activities. No student, including leaders of student organizations, shall plan, encourage, or engage in any hazing. Administrators, faculty
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