Section 27.2 Prohibition of Weapons and Assaultive Behavior Sample Clauses

Section 27.2 Prohibition of Weapons and Assaultive Behavior. 5 To achieve the above, it is agreed that possession or use of weapons, explosives, firecrackers, illegal knives, 6 or other items capable of producing bodily harm shall be prohibited. Consistent with student due process 7 and other legal requirements, the normal penalty shall be expulsion for possession or use of any weapons or 8 dangerous devices, including but not limited to any weapon listed as a deadly weapon in RCW 9A.04.110 or 9 local ordinances. Likewise, when any item is used by the aggressor as a weapon, or which a victim 10 reasonably believes to be a weapon, the same sanctions will apply. Further, it is agreed that the normal 11 penalty is emergency expulsion and other appropriate sanctions for any student who commits a serious 12 assault. Serious assaultive behaviors are defined as either physical assaultive behavior (purposeful 13 assaultive, aggressive behavior, with intent to do serious harm), or verbal assaultive behavior (racial threat 14 or threat to do serious bodily physical harm, either student-to-student or student-to-staff). An emergency 15 expulsion shall continue if the Superintendent or designee has good and sufficient reason to believe the 16 student(s) presence poses an immediate and continuing danger to employee(s), a student, other students or 17 school personnel, or an immediate and continuing threat of substantial disruption of the class, subject, 18 activity, or educational process of the students’ school. In making that determination, the hearing officer 19 shall solicit input from the staff and administration of the building(s) directly affected.