AR 5131.6
Students
Alcohol and
Other Drugs
Intervention
The staff shall
intervene whenever students use alcohol or other illegal drugs while on school
property or under school jurisdiction.
Staff members who believe that a student may be under the influence of
alcohol or drugs shall immediately notify the director or designee.
If the director or
designee knows, observes or suspects that a student may be under the influence
of alcohol or drugs, he/she may notify the parent/guardian. (Education Code 44049) In the case of an adult student, the student
may be sent home for the remainder of that day’s class.
However, school
staff shall not disclose confidential information provided during counseling by
a student 12 years of age or older.
School counselors may report such information to the principal or
parent/guardian only when they believe that disclosure is necessary to avert a
clear and present danger to the health, safety or welfare of the student or
other persons living in the school community.
They shall not disclose such information to the parent/guardian if they
believe that the disclosure would result in a clear and present danger to the
student's health, safety or welfare.
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In cases of
medical emergency, the director is authorized to call an ambulance
to remove the student to a hospital.
Parents/guardians will be notified of this action and shall be
responsible for the incurred expenses.
Enforcement/Discipline
Staff shall
notify the principal or designee immediately upon suspecting a student is
selling, providing or using alcohol or other drugs.
When any student
uses, possesses or sells alcohol or illegal drugs at school or while under
school jurisdiction, the following shall result:
1. Parent/guardian contact
2. Suspension or expulsion in accordance
with law or
3. Contact with law enforcement authority
within one school day of the suspension (Education Code 48902)
In addition, the
following actions may be taken:
1. Referral to an appropriate counseling
program
2. Transfer/alternative placement
3. Restriction from all extracurricular
activities, including athletics, for the length of the semester
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