Jerome Joint School District No. 261

COMMUNITY RELATIONS 4300

Conduct on School Property

No one shall be permitted, on school property or public property within 500 feet of school property, to willfully

disrupt, alone or in concert with others, the conduct of classes or other school activities. Conduct that disrupts the

educational activities of a school includes but is not limited to:

1. Emissions by any means of noise of an intensity that prevents or hinders classroom instruction;

2. Enticement or attempted enticement of students away from classes or other school activities that

students are required to attend;

3. Prevention or attempted prevention of students from attending classes or other school activities that

students are required to attend;

4. Entrance into a classroom without consent of either the principal or teacher and either through acts of

misconduct and/or use of loud or profane language causing disruption of class activities.

No person or group of persons acting in concert may intentionally engage in disruptive activity or disrupt a lawful

assembly on the campus or property of any school in the district. Disruptive activity means:

1. Obstructing or restraining the passage of persons in an exit, entrance, or hallway of any building with the authorization of the administration of the school;

2. Seizing control of any building or portion of a building for the purpose of interfering with any

administrative, educational, research, or other authorized activity;

3. Preventing or attempting to prevent by force or violence or the threat of violence any lawful assembly

authorized by the school administration;

4. Disrupting by force or violence or the threat of force or violence a lawful assembly in progress; or

5. Obstructing or restraining the passage of any person at an exit or entrance to said campus or property or preventing or attempting to prevent by force or violence or by threats thereof the ingress or egress of any person to or from said property or campus without the authorization of the administration of the school.

A lawful assembly is disrupted when any person in attendance is rendered incapable of participating in the

assembly due to the use of force or violence or due to a reasonable fear force or violence is likely to occur.

The board or its authorized representative may refuse to allow persons having no legitimate business to enter on

property under the board’s control and may eject any undesirable person from the property on his or her refusal

to leave peaceably on request. Identification may be required of any person on district property.

The board shall prohibit the use of tobacco and tobacco products on school property or school sponsored events.

Alcohol or other intoxicants or mind-altering drugs cannot be used or possessed on school property or school

sponsored events.

A person shall not knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly go onto school premises or any grounds or building on

which an activity sponsored by the district is being conducted with a firearm, illegal knife, or other such prohibited

article unless pursuant to written regulations or written authorization of the district. No person shall be permitted

to interfere with the normal activities, the normal occupancy, or the normal use of any building or portion of a

campus of any school, or of any school bus engaged in the transportation of students to school sponsored

activities, by exhibiting or using or threatening to exhibit or use a firearm.

In addition to prohibitions stated above and in other District policies, no person on school property shall:

1. Injure or threaten to injure another person;

2. Damage another’s property or that of the District;

3. Violate any provision of the criminal law of the state of Idaho or town or county ordinance;

4. Smoke or otherwise use tobacco products;

5. Consume, possess, or distribute alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, or possess dangerous weapons

at any time;

6. Impede, delay, or otherwise interfere with the orderly conduct of the District’s educational

program or any other activity occurring on school property;

7. Enter upon any portion of the school premises at any time for purposes other than those which

are lawful and authorized by the Board; or

8. Willfully violate other District rules and regulations.

9. To threaten by word or act to use a firearm or other dangerous or deadly weapon to commit an

act of violence to any other person on school grounds.

“School property” means within school buildings, in vehicles used for school purposes, or on owned or leased

school grounds. As circumstances warrant, appropriate action will be taken by the District’s administrators.

“School grounds” means on the property of, or in a public or private elementary school or secondary school.

“Dangerous or deadly weapon” means a weapon, device, instrument, substance or material that is used for or

capable of causing serious bodily injury or death.

“Firearm” means any weapon, whether loaded or unloaded, that a shot, projectile or other object may be

discharged by force of explosion, combustion, gas and/or mechanical means, regardless if such weapon is

operable.

“Tobacco use” means the use of a cigarette, cigar, pipe, smokeless tobacco in any form, and other smoking

products specifically including electronic cigarettes, electronic nicotine delivery systems, or vaporizer smoking

devices.

Cross Reference: 3295 Hazing, Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying, Menacing

3305 Prohibition of Tobacco Possession and Use

3330 Student Discipline

4320 Disruption of School Operations

Legal Reference: 20 U.S.C. § 6081 Pro-Children Act of 1994

I.C. § 18-33021 Threatening Violence on School Grounds

I.C. § 33-205 Denial of school attendance

I.C. § 33-512 Maintenance of schools

I.C. § 39-5503 Prohibitions – Exceptions

Policy History:

Adopted on: 10/24/2006

Revised on: 12/18/2013

Revised on: 07/17/2018