BP 5136
Students
Gangs
The Governing Board desires to keep district schools
free from the threats or harmful influence of any groups or gangs which exhibit
drug use, violence or disruptive behavior.
The Superintendent or designee shall take steps to deter gang
intimidation of students and staff and confrontations between members of
different gangs. He/she shall exchange
information and establish mutually supportive efforts with local law
enforcement authorities.
The Superintendent or designee shall provide inservice training which helps staff to identify gangs and
gang symbols, recognize early manifestations of disruptive activities, and
respond appropriately to gang behavior.
Staff shall be informed about conflict management techniques and alerted
to intervention measures and community resources.
The Board realizes that students become involved in
gangs for many reasons, such as peer pressure, the need for a sense of
belonging, and lack of refusal schools.
To further discourage the influence of gangs, the
Superintendent or designee shall ensure that school rules of conduct and any
school dress code prohibiting gang-related apparel are enforced
consistently. If a student exhibits
signs of gang affiliation, staff shall inform the on-duty police officer and/or
the designated intervention facilitator (this refers to Right Connection) and
the parent/guardian.
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION
CODE
35183 Gang-related apparel
35294.1 School safety plans
48907 Student
exercise of free expression
51264 Educational
inservice training; CDE guidelines
51265 Gang
violence and drug and alcohol abuse prevention inservice
training
51266-51266.5 Model gang and substance abuse prevention
curriculum
58730-58736 Gang Intervention Programs
PENAL
CODE
186.22 Participation
in criminal street gang
13826-13826.7 Gang violence
suppression
20
USC 7101-7184
4001-4304
Safe and
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