BP 5131.7
Students
Weapons and
Dangerous Instruments
The Governing
Board desires students and staff to be free from the fear and danger presented
by firearms and other weapons.
Possession of
Weapons
The Board therefore
prohibits any person other than authorized law enforcement or security
personnel from possessing weapons, imitation firearms (except for those
approved for use in educational exercises in CCOC’s
Law Enforcement class), or dangerous instruments of any kind in school
buildings, on school grounds or buses, or at a school-related or
school-sponsored activity away from school or while going to or coming from
school.
Students
possessing without permission or threatening others with a
weapon, dangerous instrument or imitation firearm are subject to suspension
and/or expulsion in accordance with law, Board policy and administrative
regulations.
Under the power
granted to the Board to maintain order and discipline in the schools and to
protect the safety of students, staff and the public, any school employee is
authorized to confiscate a weapon, dangerous instrument or imitation firearm
from any person on school grounds.
The principal or
designee shall notify law enforcement authorities when any student possesses a
weapon without permission or commits any act of assault with
a firearm or other weapon. (20 USC 7151;
Education Code 48902; Penal Code 245, 626.9, 626.10)
Possession of
Pepper Spray
To prevent potential
misuse that may harm students or staff, students are prohibited from carrying
tear gas or tear gas weapons such as pepper spray on campus or at school
activities.
Reporting of
Dangerous Objects
The Board
encourages students to promptly report the presence of weapons, injurious
objects or other suspicious activity to school authorities. The identity of a student who reports such
activity shall remain confidential to the extent permitted by law.
The
Superintendent or designee shall develop strategies designed to facilitate
student reporting of the presence of injurious objects on school grounds, such
as tip hotlines, electronic transmissions, or other methods that preserve the
student's anonymity. Incident reports
and records shall not identify the student who reported the possession. The strategy shall also include means of
informing staff, students and parents/guardians that students who report the
presence of injurious objects on school campuses are to be protected and their
identity shielded.
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
35291 Governing
board to prescribe rules for discipline of the schools
48900 Grounds
for suspension/expulsion
48902 Notification of law enforcement authorities
48915 Required recommendation for expulsions
48916 Readmission
49330-49335 Injurious
objects
PENAL CODE
245
Assault with deadly
weapon
417.2 Imitation
firearms
417.4 Imitation
firearm; drawing or exhibiting
626.9 Gun-Free
School Zone Act of 1995
626.10 Dirks,
daggers, knives, razor or stun gun; bringing or possessing in school or on
school grounds; exception
653k
Soliciting
a minor to commit certain felonies
12001 Control of deadly
weapons
12020-12036 Unlawful carrying and possession of
concealed weapons
12220 Unauthorized
possession of a machinegun
12401 Tear
gas
12402 Tear
gas weapon
12403.7 Weapons
approved for self defense
12403.8 Minors
16 or over; tear gas and tear gas weapons
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
6301-7941 No Child Left Behind Act; especially:
7151 Gun-Free Schools Act
Adopted:
Revised: