Parallel School Student Conduct Proceedings. It is understood and agreed that school officials have an independent right and responsibility to initiate and pursue student conduct proceedings, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:37.1 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.1 et seq., or to remove a student from school under certain circumstances including, but not limited to, those specified in the “Zero Tolerance for Guns Act,” N.J.S.A. 18A:37-7 through 12 and N.J.A.C. 6A:16-5.5, 5.6, 5.7 and N.J.A.C. 6A:7. It is further understood and agreed that all school-based student conduct proceedings are separate and distinct from any juvenile or adult criminal prosecution; that law enforcement agencies shall not require or request school officials to undertake a student conduct action against a student; and that the imposition of sanctions by both schools and by the juvenile justice system based upon a single infraction or event in no way constitutes “double jeopardy.”
Parallel School Student Conduct Proceedings. It is understood and agreed that school officials have an independent right and responsibility to initiate and pursue student conduct proceedings, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:37.1 et seq. and N.J.A.C.
