procedures filed by each school and may require the school to modify any rule or procedure that is not consistent with Board policy or state statutes on discipline in the public schools.
Utah Code § 53G-8-202 (2019) Utah Code § 53G-8-203 (2019)
5.0810 SAFE SCHOOLS
5.0810.01 DEFINITIONS Issue Date: 1/2/20 FH
The following definitions shall apply under this policy— 1. “Suspension” means removal of a student from the student’s regular classroom assignment for a definite period of time. 2. “In-school suspension” means temporary reassignment, for a specific period of time, to a designated suspension classroom within the school. 3. “Short-term suspension” means exclusion of the student from the school, school grounds, and school activities and functions for a specific period of time that is equal to or less than 10 school days. 4. “Long-term suspension” means exclusion of the student from the school, school grounds, and school activities and functions for a specific period of time that is greater than 10 school days. 5. “Expulsion” means termination of the student’s status as a student enrolled in the school. Expulsion may be for an indefinite or fixed period of time. 6. “Involuntary transfer” means reassignment of a student from one school, campus, or academic program, to a different school, campus, or academic program within the District. Involuntary transfer may be for an indefinite period of time or for a fixed period of time. 7. “School district location” means in any school building or on any school premises; on any school-owned vehicle or in any other school-approved vehicle used to transport students to and from school or school activities; off school property at any school-sponsored or school- approved activity, event or function, such as a field trip or athletic event, where students are under the jurisdiction of the school district. 8. “Disruptive behavior” means conduct which unreasonably interferes with the educational process or instruction of students in the classroom or elsewhere, including foul, profane, vulgar or abusive language. 9. “Bullying” means intentionally committing a written, physical, or verbal act that a reasonable person under the circumstances should know or reasonably foresee will have one of the following effects: a. causing physical or emotional harm to the school employee or student:
b. causing damage to the school employee or student’s property; c. placing the school employee or student in reasonable fear of:
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