This summary of the school district Code of Conduct has been developed as required by the New York State SAVE Act and will be distributed to students at the beginning of the school year and parents prior to the beginning of the school year. A complete copy of the Code of Conduct is available upon request by contacting the building principal. This Code has been adopted by the School Board and submitted to the New York State Education Department as required by law. The Code applies to all students, school personnel, parents, and other visitors when on school property (including school buses and vehicles) or attending a school function.

The Code contains the following provisions:

· Appropriate conduct, dress and language when on school property, including a school function.

· Acceptable civil and respectful treatment of teachers, administrators, other school personnel, students, and visitors on school property or at a school function.

· Appropriate range of disciplinary procedures that may be imposed for violations of the Code.

· Roles of teachers, administrators, other school personnel, the Board of Education and parents.

· Standards and procedures to assure the security and safety of students and school personnel.

· Provisions for the removal from the classroom, school property (including school functions) of students or other persons who violate the Code.

· Disciplinary measures for possession or use of illegal substances or weapons, the use of physical force, vandalism, violation of another student’s civil rights, and threats of violence.

· Provisions for detention, suspension and removal from the classroom of students including plans to ensure continued educational programming and activities for such students.

· Procedures by which violations are reported, determined, discipline measures imposed, and such measures carried out.

· Provisions which ensure that enforcement of the Code are in compliance with state and federal laws relating to students with disabilities.

· Procedures for notifying local law enforcement agencies of Code violations which constitute a crime.

· Provisions for notifying persons in parental relation to the student of Code violations by the student.

· Provisions and procedures by which a complaint in criminal court, a juvenile delinquency petition or person in need of supervision petition as defined in article three and seven of the Family Court Act will be filed.

· Circumstances under and procedures by which referral to appropriate human services agencies will be made.

· A minimum suspension period, for students who repeatedly are substantially disruptive of the educational process or substantially interfere with the teacher’s authority over the classroom, provided that the suspending authority may reduce such period on a case by case basis to be consistent with any other state or federal laws.

· The Code of Conduct shall be developed in collaboration with students, teachers, administrators, parent organizations, school safety personnel and other school personnel and shall be approved by the Board of Education. The Code shall be reviewed and updated annually and re-approved by the Board only after at least one public meeting.

· The Code of Conduct shall be filed with the Commissioner of Education no later than thirty days after adoption.