Policy_Manual_2-12-2024

modifications designed to prevent recurrence of the behavior prompting the change in placement. For purposes of this interim alternative placement hearing, "substantial evidence" means "beyond a preponderance of evidence."

5.0814 SAFE SCHOOLS: DISRUPTIVE STUDENT BEHAVIOR

5.0814.01 DISRUPTIVE STUDENT BEHAVIOR Issue Date: 1/2/20 FH

It is a violation of District policy for a student to engage in disruptive student behavior. Disruptive student behavior includes: 1. Frequent or flagrant willful disobedience, defiance of proper authority, or disruptive behavior, including the use of foul, profane, vulgar, or abusive language; 2. Willful destruction or defacing of school property; 3. Behavior or threatened behavior which poses an immediate and significant threat to the welfare, safety, or morals of other students or school personnel or to the operation of the school; 4. Possession, control, or use of an electronic cigarette as defined by Utah Code § 76-10-101, tobacco or an alcoholic beverage contrary to law; 5. The commission of an act involving the use of force or the threatened use of force which if committed by an adult would be a felony or class A misdemeanor. 6. Behavior listed below which threatens harm or does harm to the school or school property, or to a person associated with the school, or property associated with that person, regardless of where it occurs; as well as violation listed below that affect another student or staff member, or any serious violation occurring in a school building, in or on school property, or in conjunction with any school activity, including: a. the possession, control, or actual or threatened use of a real weapon, explosive, or noxious or flammable material; b. the actual or threatened use of a look-alike weapon with intent to intimidate another person or to disrupt normal school activities; or c. the sale, control, or distribution of a drug or controlled substance as defined in Utah Code § 58-37-2, an imitation controlled substance defined in Utah Code § 58-37b-2, or drug paraphernalia as defined in Utah Code § 58-37a-3. 7. Hazing, demeaning, or assaultive behavior, whether consensual or not, including behavior involving physical violence, restraint, improper touching, or inappropriate exposure of body parts not normally exposed in public settings, forced ingestion of any substance, or any act which would constitute a crime against a person or public order under Utah law.

Utah Code § 53G-8-210 (2019) Utah Code § 53G-8-209 (2019)

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