Nondiscrimination

The Board of Education is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education. District programs and activities shall be free from discrimination, including harassment, with respect to a student’s actual or perceived sex, sexual orientation, age, gender, ethnic group identification, race ancestry, national origin, religion, color, or mental or physical disability. For nearly all of these characteristics, the prohibition applies as well to discrimination based on a perception of the characteristic or association with a person or group with the actual or perceived characteristic. District programs and facilities, viewed in their entirety, and shall be readily accessible to individuals with disabilities.

Sexual Harassment

The governing board recognizes that sexual harassment can cause embarrassment, feelings of powerlessness, loss of self-confidence, reduced ability to perform schoolwork, and increased absenteeism or tardiness. The Board will not tolerate the sexual harassment of any student by any other student or any district employee. Any student or employee who is found guilty of sexual harassment shall be subject to disciplinary action. The Board encourages students or staff to immediately report incidents of sexual harassment to the Administration. The Superintendent or designee shall promptly investigate each complaint of sexual harassment in a way that ensures the privacy of all parties concerned. In no case shall the student be required to resolve the complaint directly with the offending person.

Prohibited sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to, unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual or physical conduct of a sexual nature when: (E.C. 212.50)

a. Submission to the conduct is explicitly or implicitly made a term or condition of a student’s employment, academic status, or progress.
b. Submission to or rejection of the conduct by the student is used as the basis for academic or employment decisions affecting the student.
c. The conduct has the purpose of effect of having a negative impact on the student’s academic work performance, or of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive educational or work environment.
d. Submission to or rejection of the conduct by the student is used as the basis for any decision affecting the student regarding benefits and services, honors, programs, or activities available at or through the school.

Other types of conduct which are prohibited and which may constitute sexual harassment include:
a. Unwelcome leering, sexual flirtations or propositions.
b. Unwelcome sexual slurs, epithets, threats, verbal abuse, derogatory comments or sexually degrading descriptions
c. Graphic verbal comments about an individual’s body, or overly personal conversations.
d. Sexual jokes, stories, drawings, pictures or gestures.
e. Spreading sexual rumors.

Discipline Procedures

In accordance with California Education Code, section 35291, the Board of Education’s adopted procedures governing student discipline are available in your child’s school office upon request. These educational alternatives. EC 48900(a-t). The Sacramento City Unified School District, Annual Parent and Student Rights Notification and Standards of Behavior 2008-2009 Handbook shall be available to all students at the beginning of each school year, and may be distributed in print version for discussion at the school site. Parents may also access the Sacramento City Unified School District, Annual Parent and Student Rights Notification and Standards of Behavior 2008-2009 Handbook online at www.scusd.edu

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Infraction and Consequence(s)†

Class Disruption Beyond Steps in Classroom Management System
1st Violation Administrative detention or Saturday school, phone contact

Failure to show for detention
1st Violation Saturday school

Failure to show for Saturday school
1st Violation 2-day suspension

Class Walk-out
1st Violation Saturday school
2nd Violation 1-3-day suspension

Abusive or Profane Language (in hallway)
1st Violation Administrative detention (minimum)
2nd Violation Administrative detention, parent contact
3rd Violation Saturday school
4th Violation 1-day suspension

Abusive or Profane Language in class
1st Violation Saturday School (minimum)
2nd Violation 3-day suspension

Profanity Directed Toward School Employee
1st Violation 3-day suspension
2nd Violation 5-day suspension

Violating Acceptable Use Policy, Visiting Inappropriate Internet Sites
1st Violation Saturday school
2nd Violation 1-3-day Suspension

Leaving School Grounds without Authorization (includes parking lot during school hours)
1st Violation Saturday School
2nd Violation 1-3-day Suspension

Forgery 1st Violation Saturday school
2nd Violation 3-day suspension

Throwing Objects that Present a Danger to Physical Safety
1-5 day suspension, possible referral to SRO***

Open Defiance towards a staff member
1-5 day suspension

Possession of Stink Bomb
2-day suspension

Use of Stink Bomb
5-day suspension

Possession of fireworks or bullets
1st Violation 3-day suspension, referral to fire marshal and SRO
2nd Violation 5-day suspension, referral to fire marshal and SRO

Use of firework
5-day suspension, referral to fire marshal, request for expulsion, referral to SRO

Harassment/Bullying Despite Student/ Adult Intervention
1st Violation 1-3-day suspension

Sexual Harassment
3-5-day suspension, referral to SRO, possible expulsion request
2nd Violation 5-day suspension

Possession of Stolen Property
1st Violation 3-day suspension and referral to SRO
2nd Violation 5-day suspension and referral to SRO

Theft or Attempted Theft of Private or School Property
3-5 day Suspension, recommended restitution or replacement, police report

Promoting a fight/Refusal to disperse during a fight
3-5-day suspension

Activating Fire Alarm
5-day suspension, referral to fire marshal

Committing an Obscene Act
3-5-day suspension

Possession of weapon/dangerous object
5-day suspension, possible request for expulsion, referral to SRO

Threatening with weapon/dangerous object
5-day suspension, request for expulsion, referral to SRO

Extortion or robbery
5-day suspension, possible request for expulsion, referral to SRO

Causing Physical Injury to Another Person (Except in Self-Defense)
5-day suspension, possible expulsion request, referral to SRO

Fighting
1st Violation 3-5-day suspension
2nd Violation 5-day suspension, referral to hearing office
3rd Violation 5-day suspension, request for expulsion or involuntary transfer

Vandalism, Defacement, Destruction of Property
3-5-day suspension, restitution, referral to SRO (Depending on circumstances)

Attempting to Set or Setting a Fire
5-day suspension, referral to SRO, request for expulsion

Pulling the fire alarm as a prank
5-day suspension, referral to SRO, request for expulsion

Threatening Students
3-5-day suspension, referral to SRO, possible request for expulsion

Unauthorized Entry to or Use of School Facilities
1-5-day suspension

Assault or Battery Upon any School Employee (e.g. Threatening, attempting to/or Striking, Hitting, Pushing a Staff Member)
5-day suspension, referral to SRO, request for expulsion

Providing any Medication
1-5-day suspension, referral to SRO, possible request for expulsion

Possession of any Controlled Substance
1st Violation 3-5-day suspension, referral to SRO
2nd Violation 5-day suspension, referral to SRO, request for expulsion/involuntary transfer

Under the Influence/Use of any Controlled Substance
1st Violation 3-5-day suspension, referral to SRO
2nd Violation 5-day suspension, referral to SRO, request for expulsion/involuntary transfer

Sexual Assault/Battery
5-day suspension, referral to SRO, request for expulsion

Offering to Sell Controlled Substance/Look-Alike Controlled Substance
5-day suspension, referral to SRO, request for expulsion

Water Fight, pouring water on another student
1-3-day suspension

Gambling
1st Violation 1-day suspension
2nd Violation 3-day suspension
3rd Violation 5-day suspension, referral to hearing office

Wearing gang style-related clothing
1st Violation Student must immediately change clothing on campus or at home, parent conference
2nd Violation 1-3 day suspension

Refusal to identify oneself/Providing False name
2-day suspension

Bypassing school network filter
1st Violation Written warning, computer rights revoked, parent contact, Saturday School, referral to SRO
2nd Violation Computer rights revoked permanently, parent contact, 2-day suspension, referral to SRO

Unauthorized entry of school personnel or student computer accounts
1st Violation Referral to SRO, parent contact, 5 day suspension, computer rights revoked permanently

Plagiarism
1st Violation 2-3 day suspension, parent contact, academic consequence at the discretion of the teacher
2nd Violation 5 day suspension, parent contact, academic consequence at the discretion of the teacher

Unauthorized downloading
1st Violation Written warning, computer rights revoked, parent contact, Saturday School
2nd Violation 1-2 day suspension, written warning, computer rights revoked permanently, parent contact

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**State law mandates the Board of Education to expel students for:
1. Sale, possession or furnishing of a firearm
2. Brandishing a knife at another person
3. Selling a controlled substance
4. Sexual assault or sexual battery
5. Possession of explosives