Prohibition of Weapons / Assaultive Behavior. 27 To achieve the above, it is agreed that possession or use of weapons, explosives, firecrackers, illegal knives, 28 or other items capable of producing bodily harm shall be prohibited. Consistent with student due process 29 and other legal requirements, the normal penalty shall be expulsion for possession or use of any weapons 30 or dangerous devices, including but not limited to any weapon listed as a deadly weapon in RCW 9A.04.110 31 or local ordinances. Likewise, when any item is used by the aggressor as a weapon, or which a victim 32 reasonably believes to be a weapon, the same sanctions will apply. Further, it is agreed that the normal 33 penalty is emergency expulsion and other appropriate sanctions for any student who commits a serious 34 assault. Serious assaultive behaviors are defined as either physical assaultive behavior (purposeful 35 assaultive, aggressive behavior, with intent to do serious harm), or verbal assaultive behavior (racial threat 36 or threat to do serious bodily physical harm, either student-to-student or student-to-staff). An emergency 37 expulsion shall continue if the Superintendent or designee has good and sufficient reason to believe the 38 student(s) presence poses an immediate and continuing danger to employee(s), a student, other students or 39 school personnel, or an immediate and continuing threat of substantial disruption of the class, subject, 40 activity or educational process of the student(s) school. In making that determination, the hearing officer 41 shall solicit input from the staff and administration of the building(s) directly affected.
