ANTI- HAZING POLICY(# 5131.7)
I. Purpose
The purpose of this policy is to maintain a safe learning environment for students and staff that are free
from hazing. Hazing activities of any type are inconsistent with the educational goals of the school district
and are prohibited at all times.
II. General Statement of Policy
A. No student, teacher, administrator, volunteer, contractor or other employee of the school district
shall plan, direct, encourage, aid, or engage in hazing.
B. No teacher, administrator, volunteer, contractor, or other employee of the school district shall
permit, condone, or tolerate hazing.
C. Apparent permission or consent by a person being hazed does not lessen the prohibitions contained
in this policy.
D. Hazing activities are seriously disruptive of the educational process in that they involve students
and violence or threats of violence. This policy applies to behavior that occurs on or off school
property and during and after school hours.
E. A person who engages in an act that violates school policy or law in order to initiate another
person or to be initiated into or affiliated with a student organization shall be subject to discipline
for that act.
F. The school district will act to investigate all complaints of hazing and will discipline or take
appropriate action against any student, teacher, administrator, volunteer, contractor, or other
employee of the school district who is found to have violated this policy.
III. Definitions
“Hazing” means committing an act against a student, or coercing a student into committing an act, that
creates a risk of harm to a person, in order for the student to be initiated into or affiliated with a school
organization. The term hazing includes, but is not limited to:
1. Any type of physical brutality such as whipping, beating, striking, branding, electronic shocking,
or placing a harmful substance on the body.
2. Any type of physical activity such as sleep deprivation, exposure to weather, confinement in a
restricted area, calisthenics, or other activity that subjects the student to a risk of harm or that
adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the student.
3. Any activity involving the consumption of any alcoholic beverage, drug, tobacco product or any
other food, liquid, or substance that subject the student to an unreasonable risk of harm or that
adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the student.
4. Any activity that intimidates or threatens the student with ostracism that subjects a student to
stress, embarrassment, shame or humiliation, that adversely affects the mental health or dignity
of the student or discourages the student from remaining in school.
5. Any activity that causes or requires the student to perform a task that involves violation of state
or federal law or of school district policies or regulations.
IV.
Reporting Procedures
A. Any person who believes he or she has been the victim of hazing or any person with knowledge or
belief or conduct, which may constitute hazing, shall report the alleged acts immediately to an
appropriate school district official designated by this policy.
B. The building principal is the person responsible for receiving reports of hazing at the building
level. Any person may report hazing directly to the assistant principal, coordinator of athletics,
assistant superintendent or to the superintendent.
C. Parents and/or students are asked to help school officials to detect and respond to any situation that
may include hazing. Parents and/or students who observe or have knowledge of hazing practices
should report all information to the building principal for investigation.
D. Teachers, administrators, volunteers, contractors, and other employees of the school district shall
be particularly alert to possible situations, circumstances or events that might include hazing. Any
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