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402 - Attack on a Student
402 - Attack on a Student
Physically pushing, hitting, or otherwise attacking another student. Consideration would need to be made to the age, grade, developmental level, prior offenses, intentionality, and circumstances in determining an appropriate course of action and consequence.
Schools should consider multiple factors, including:
whether student acted in the heat of the moment, as opposed to planning ahead
whether student was verbally provoked
whether student was acting in self-defense
whether student was intervening in fight
the student’s age
whether fighting is persistent or habitual
Apply extended suspension and expulsion only to grades 6-12.
Level 5: If the school administrator decides to request an expulsion conference, the school administrator or designee must contact the Department of Student Services within two (2) days of the alleged offense to request an expulsion conference.
Level 1-3
Level 1-3
Shoving, pushing, or otherwise being physically aggressive toward another student.
Level 2-4
Level 2-4
Engaging in an attack (which may be small, spontaneous, and short, and/or result only in minor, cuts, scrapes, bruises).
Level 3-5
Level 3-5
Intentionally engaging in an attack, which may be large, pre-planned, extended, and/or resulting in major injuries like a broken limb or otherwise especially serious based on the listed factors.
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