ANTI HAZING POLICY
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I. Purpose
The purpose of this policy is to maintain a safe learning environment for students and staff that
is 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, aide, 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
A. “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:
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Any type of physical brutality such as whipping, beating, striking, branding,
electronic shocking, or placing a harmful substance on the body.
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.
Any activity involving the consumption of any alcoholic beverage, drug, tobacco
product, or any other food, liquid, or substance that subjects the student to an
unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or
safety of the student.
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.
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.
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