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STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT
Refer to Board Policy: 5500 Updated: 6/29/20

An instructional program for all students can only be effective when it is offered in a wholesome and orderly
environment. The Board acknowledges that effective learning is closely associated with conduct and behavior
of students.

Students in the Hudson City Schools are expected to:

A. conform to reasonable standards of behavior;

B. respect the rights, person and property of others;

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

D. acknowledge the authority of the staff of the Hudson City Schools and respond appropriately to that
authority.

The items in this code are applicable to all students when properly under the authority of school personnel
during a school activity, function, or event whether on property owned, rented, or maintained by the Board of
Education or property owned, rented, or maintained by another party. The code is also applicable to
misconduct by a student that occurs off of property owned or controlled by the District but that is connected
to activities or incidents that have occurred on property owned or controlled by the District and Misconduct
by a student that, regardless of where it occurs, is directed at a District official or employee or the property of
a District official or employee. This policy also applies to any student, whether or not the student is enrolled
in the District, attending or otherwise participating in any curricular program provided in the school or
provided on any other property owner or controlled by the Board.

Additionally, the provisions of this code shall apply to students if the prohibited act(s) takes place while on
properties immediately adjacent to school property, within the line of sight of school property, on school
transportation, or if the act adversely affects the operation of the schools.

Violation by a student of any one or more of the following rules of conduct may result in disciplinary
action(s), which may include detention, in school suspension, parental contact, referral to legal authorities,
emergency removal, disciplinary removal, suspension, expulsion, or permanent exclusion. A student may be
suspended pending the outcome of expulsion proceedings.

A. Any act or seriously-threatened act of physical violence whereby the perpetrator causes, attempts to
cause or threatens to cause physical harm to another;

B. Any possession or use of a weapon including look-alike or counterfeit weapons;

C. Any act of arson or attempted arson and related offenses;

D. Any act of theft, deliberate destruction of property or participation in any activity at any time which
results in damage to school property or to property of others on school property;

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