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This policy does not apply to officers, agents, or employees of this or any other state of the United States, or to law enforcement officers authorized to carry deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance and acting within the scope of their duties. Nor does said policy apply to any security officer employed by the Board during the time that the security officer is on duty pursuant to his/her contract of employment, or to any other person who has written authorization from the Board to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone, possess a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a school safety zone, and who conveys or possesses a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in accordance with that authorization. Violation of this policy by an employee of the Board will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination and/or criminal prosecution.
Violation of this policy by a student of the District will result in disciplinary action as provided in the Board Policy Manual and/or criminal prosecution. ORC §2923.122
Effective March 14, 2000
Suspension, Emergency Removal, and Expulsion -- (Some or all of these procedures may or may not be in practice due to availability)
Major disciplinary actions, such as suspensions, emergency removal, and expulsion, are used in the most serious disciplinary cases. While it is legally possible for the school principal or his/her designee to suspend a student for up to ten (10) days, or to remove a student for a period of time, only the Superintendent of Schools has the authority to expel a student from school.
Procedures for Suspension -- The principal or assistant principal will give written notice to the pupil of the intention to suspend and the reasons why. The student will have an opportunity to appear at an informal hearing before the principal or assistant principal to challenge the reasons for the intended suspension, to produce witnesses, or otherwise explain his/her actions. If the student is to be suspended, he/she will be told of the suspension and its length.
The parent/guardian shall be notified of the suspension by telephone, if possible. An official notice of the action will be mailed to the parent/guardian within 24 hours of the suspension. This notice must include the reason(s) for the suspension, the right of the student and parent/guardian to appeal the decision within three (3) to five (5) days, the right to be represented at the appeal, and the right to request that the hearing be held in private.
The parent/guardian, together with the student, may be requested to come to school for a conference with the administrator. This conference shall in no instance be later than the date the student is scheduled to re-enter
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