12. Referral to Child Study Team (see Due Process/Total
Special Education Systems manual)
13. Referral to community, county or outside agencies
14. Transfer to another school building
15. Expulsion or exclusion from school
16. Referral to police or other law enforcement agency
D. When determining an appropriate action, the administrator
will consider the extent of the disruption to the safety of an
individual or a group or to the disruption of the learning en-
vironment in the schools.
E. Students with Disabilities:
1. If the alleged violator is a student with a disability
under IDEA or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act,
the specific placement and services for the student will
be consistent with state and federal requirements and
are to be determined by the student’s IEP Team.
2. Use of Conditional Procedures: Students with disabili-
ties who demonstrate behaviors which interfere with
the student’s or others’ safety and or learning, which
has not been ameliorated through the use of positive
behavioral interventions, may result in an IEP Team
determination to use a conditional procedure in
conjunction with continued use of positive behavioral
interventions. The school district maintains procedures
for use of conditional procedures, which are consistent
with state and federal law.
IV. STUDENT DISCIPLINE: POLICIES
A. Disruptive Student Policy
1. As stated in the philosophy of our District Student
Discipline Policy, an environment conducive to learning
must be maintained to ensure equal educational
opportunity for all students. Because an environment
is partially determined by the conduct of the students,
student self-discipline relative to district, building and
classroom rules and regulations is a desired goal.
2. It shall; therefore, be a policy of the Anoka-Hennepin
School District that:
a. Every student abides by the rules and regulations
of this district.
b. Disciplinary action including expulsion may be
taken for behaviors, which are disruptive or violate
the rights of others to an environment conducive to
teaching and learning.
3. Early intervention in attempting to improve a student's
pattern of disruptive behavior is strongly encouraged.
This should include involvement of parents/guardians
and the utilization of available school district resources
provided for students, including screening by the child
study team.
4. A student will be referred to the school board for
expulsion, if various appropriate interventions have
been implemented and documented and the student
persists in behavior which:
a. violates any reasonable School Board regulation.
Such regulation must be clear and definite to
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provide notice to pupils that they must conform
their conduct to its requirements, or
b. significantly disrupts the rights of others to an edu-
cation, or the ability of school personnel to perform
their duties, or school sponsored extracurricular
activities, or
c. endangers the pupil or other pupils, or surrounding
persons, including school district employees, or the
property of the school.
B. Policy on Weapons
1. It is the policy of the Anoka-Hennepin School District to
maintain a positive, safe and secure learning and work-
ing environment. Therefore, the District will not tolerate
weapons as defined in this policy at any time on school
property or in the school zone, * including district
owned buildings and grounds; leased or rented facili-
ties; school sponsored activities; field trips; school
buses and other school vehicles; and school bus load-
ing and unloading areas. Students and visitors may not
possess, store, handle, transmit, or use any weapons in
any of the school environments listed above. Any stu-
dent found to possess, store, handle, transmit, or use
any weapon before, during, or after school hours would
be subject to administrative and/or legal action.
* School zone: The area surrounding school property to
a distance of 300 feet or one city block, whichever
distance is greater, beyond school property.
2. Students who become aware of a weapon (that is not
subject to an exception listed in this policy) being
brought to school or on school property must immedi-
ately notify an adult staff member. A student, who
becomes aware that he/she is in possession of a
weapon and immediately notifies an adult staff mem-
ber, may avoid, depending on circumstances, being
considered to be in possession of a weapon. Students
should not, however, pick up or transport the weapon.
C. Definition of Weapon: weapon is defined as a knife, firearm,
or an item which looks like a firearm, whether loaded or
unloaded, in working or non-working condition; destructive
explosives, any incendiary device or look-alike and/or the
threatened intent or intent to cause an explosion; or any
other device or instrument which is utilized in such manner
so as to threaten, intimidate or produce bodily harm or the
fear of such. Weapons include, but are not
limited to the following:
1. All firearms, loaded, unloaded, working or not working
2. Other firearms of all types including pellet, BB, stun,
splat, starter pistols, and/or look-a-likes, or replica
firearms which include facsimile or toy versions of
firearms and reasonably appear to be a pistol, revolver,
shotgun, sawed-off shotgun, rifle, machine gun, rocket
launcher, or any other firearm
3. Knives including switchblade or automatically opening
blades, butterfly knives, Swiss army knives, pocket
knives, box-cutters/utility knives hunting knives,
daggers, swords, razors
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