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NUMBER: |
247 |
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SECTION: |
Pupils |
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TITLE: |
Hazing |
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ADOPTED: |
December 2, 2003 |
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REVISED: |
December 2, 2003 |
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247. Hazing
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| 1.Purpose |
The purpose of this policy is to maintain a safe, positive
environment for students and staff that is free from hazing. Hazing
activities of any type are inconsistent with the educational goals
of the district and are prohibited at all times.
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| 2.Definitions |
For purposes of this policy hazing is defined
as any activity that recklessly or intentionally endangers the
mental health, physical health or safety of a student for the
purpose of initiation or membership in or affiliation with any
organization.
Endangering the physical health shall include
but not be limited to any brutality of a physical nature, such
as whipping; beating; branding; forced calisthenics; exposure
to the elements; forced consumption of any food, alcoholic beverage,
drug, or controlled substance; or other forced physical activity
that could adversely affect the physical health or safety of the
individual.
Endangering the mental health shall include any
activity that would subject an individual to extreme mental stress,
such as prolonged sleep deprivation, forced prolonged exclusion
from social contact, forced conduct which could result in extreme
embarrassment, or any other forced activity which could adversely
affect the mental health or dignity of the individual.
Any hazing activity, whether by an individual or a group, shall
be presumed to be a forced activity, even if a student willingly
participates.
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| 3.Authority |
The Board does not condone any form of initiation or harassment,
known as hazing, as part of any school sponsored student activity
or any other activity which the Board has the power to regulate.
No student, coach, sponsor, volunteer or district employee shall
plan, direct, encourage, assist or engage in any hazing activity.
The Board directs that no administrator, coach, sponsor, volunteer
or district employee shall permit, condone or tolerate any form
of hazing.
The district will investigate all complaints of hazing and will
administer appropriate discipline to any individual who violates
this policy in accordance with its Complaint Policy.
The Board encourages students who have been subjected to hazing
to promptly report such incidents to the building principal.
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4.Delegation of
Responsibility
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District administrators shall investigate promptly all complaints
of hazing and administer appropriate discipline to any individual
who violates this policy.
Students, administrators, coaches, sponsors, volunteers, and
district employees shall be alert to incidents of hazing and shall
report such conduct to the building principal.
The district shall annually inform students, parents, coaches,
sponsors, volunteers and district staff that hazing of district
students is prohibited, by means of distribution of written policy,
publication in handbooks, and verbal instructions by the coach
or sponsor at the start of the season or program.
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