Rochester City School Board Policy Manual
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LEGAL/LAW INAPPROPRIATE AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIORS AND LEVELS OF RESPONSE KEY: USE LOWEST LEVEL INDICATED FIRST
Level 1: Classroom Support and Student Support Team – may be appropriate when student has no prior incidents and interventions have not been put in place .
Level 2: Intensive Support Staff and Appropriate Administration – may be appropriate when supports have been put in place in the classroom to address behavior but the behavior has continued to negatively affect the learning of the students and others.
Level 3: Short Term Suspension – may be appropriate when interventions and supports have been
Level 4: Request for Long Term Suspension.
put in place but the behavior is escalating (repeated offenses).
MAY REFER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ADVICE, DIVERSION OR FURTHER ACTION
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 4
NS11 – Trespassing
May be used if approved by the Chief of Schools May be used if approved by the Chief of Schools
Being on school property without permission.
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Being on school property while suspended or expelled.
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Breaking and entering
SSEC6 – Bomb Threat (a telephoned, written, or electronic message that a bomb, explosive, or chemical or biological weapon has been or will be placed on school property) K to grade 6 ✓ And Threat Assessment ✓ And Threat Assessment ✓ And Threat Assessment ✓ And Threat Assessment
May be used if approved by the Chief of Schools
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Grades 7 to 12
SSEC8 – Threat of School Violence (Other than Bomb Threat or False Alarm) (a verbal, telephoned, written or electronic message of a threat of violence on school property or at a school related function) K to grade 6 ✓ And Threat Assessment ✓ And Threat Assessment ✓ And Threat Assessment ✓ And Threat Assessment
May be used if approved by the Chief of Schools
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Grades 7 to 12
SSEC4 – Weapons Possession
Firearms (possession of a firearm as defined in 18 USC 921 of the federal code – i.e., handguns, rifles, shotguns, and bombs) Suspension for no less than one calendar year is mandated by state law for firearms violations, but can be modified on a case- by-case basis by Rochester City School District Superintendent (Education Law §3214(3)(d)). Other guns or weapons which could cause bodily harm (i.e., loaded BB guns, pellet guns, knives, paint ball gun, silencer or other weapon that could cause serious bodily harm or look like a gun).
MUST BE REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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Education Law §3214(3)(d)
MUST BE REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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NS14 – Weapons – Not Reported to Police (Resembled Weapons)
Possession of objects that resemble a gun or weapon but are unlikely to cause bodily harm (i.e., water guns, toy guns, unloaded or inoperable BB guns, pellet guns).
May be used if approved by the Chief of Schools
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June 18, 2026
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