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    MONROE Board of Education agenda r. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. CONSENT AGENDA IV. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION V. NEW BUSINESS A. DELETION OF POLICY #5131. STUDENTS - WEAPONS AND DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS - FIRST REVIEW, pages 11-21 B. TEXTBOOK APPROVAL - SPANISH

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    MONROE Board of Education agenda r. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. CONSENT AGENDA IV. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION V. NEW BUSINESS A. DELETION OF POLICY #5131. STUDENTS - WEAPONS AND DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS - FIRST REVIEW, pages 11-21 B. TEXTBOOK APPROVAL - SPANISH

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    Monroe Public Schools 375 Monroe Turnpike Monroe, Connecticut 06468 Monday, November 2,2009 Central Office Conference Room 375 Monroe Turapike Monroe, Connecticut (6468 MONROE BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA I CALL TO ORDER Il, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Il CONSENT AGENDA A. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES, pages 5-10 IV. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION V. NEW BUSINESS A. DELETION OF POLICY #5131.7 STUDENTS - WEAPONS AND DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS — FIRST REVIEW, pages 11-21 B. POLICY APPROVAL ~ BUSINESS/ NON-INSTRUCTIONAL - TRANSPORTATION: NON- RESIDENT TRANSPORTATION FEE #3541 (i) - FIRST REVIEW, page 22 C. FEES FOR 2009-2010 REVISION — FIRST REVIEW, page 23 VI. OLD BUSINESS A. FIELD TRIP REQUEST BY MASUK DECA STUDENTS ~ SECOND REVIEW ~ VOTE. ANTICIPATED, pages 24-25 B. TEXTBOOK APPROVAL ~ SPANISH 3 AND HONORS 3 ~ SECOND REVIEW - VOTE ANTICIPATED, pages 26-31 C. TEXTBOOK APPROVAL — ACCOUNTING 1 - SECOND REVIEW ~ VOTE ANTICIPATED, pages 32-34 D. __ TEXTBOOK APPROVAL ~ ACCOUNTING II - SECOND REVIEW ~ VOTE ANTICIPATED, pages 35-37 E, COURSE APPROVAL - INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY — SECOND REVIEW — VOTE ANTICIPATED, pages 38-47 VII. REPORTS A. STAFF REPORTS 1 ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY ~ JOHN BATTISTA B. BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORTS C. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT 1 ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS 2. SCHOOL UPDATES, pages 48-52 D. COMMUNICATION Vill. ADJOURNMENT - ‘This meeting meets accessibility requirements for the disabled. Those persons needing special accommodations shouldcontact the ‘Monroe Board of Education no less than seven (7) business days prior to the meeting to make arrangements, m1, W. CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. CONSENT AGENDA A, APPROVAL OF WARRANTS 1 ‘Warrant #52., Voucher #24623, for the 2008-2009 school year dated October 28, 2009 in the amount of $26,771.28. 2. Warrant #16, Voucher #24622 , for the 2009-2010 school year dated October 28, 2009 ir the amount of $696,598.82, B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Enclosed for Board review are the minutes from the Board of Education meeting held on October 19, 2008. Recommended Motion; ‘The Board approves the consent agenda as presented. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ‘Welcome to the Monroe Board of Education Meeting ‘The Board welcomes public participation and asks that speakers please limit their comments (Observers are always welcome. ‘The following guidelines are to assist those who wish to speak during the Public Participation Session; Speakers may offer objective comments of school operations and programs that concern them, ‘The Board of Education will not permit any expression of personal complaints or defamatory comments about Board of Education personnel and students, nor against any person connected with the Monroe Public School System. There will be no response to comments related to pending litigation. State your name aad address for the record. Students state name only. ‘The Board Chairman has the discretion to limit comment time. Generally three (3) minutes per speaker is allotted. The chair may allow additional time, ‘Written statements are always welcome and are always provided to Board of Education Members. Immediate replies to questions/concerns should not be expected (Board Chairman’s discretion). NEW BUSINESS A. DELETION OF POLICY #5131.7 STUDENTS - WEAPONS AND DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS ‘The Weapons and Dangerous Instruments Policy #5131.7 is addressed within the Suspension and Expulsien Due Process Policy 5114(a) that was recently adopted by the Board. Therefore, the Policy Committee is recommending the deletion of Policy 5131.7, B. _ POLICY APPROVAL ~ BUSINESS/NON-INSTRUCTIONAL ~ TRANSPORTATION: NOX- RESIDENT TRANSPORTATION FEE #3541(i) ~ FIRST REVIEW ‘The Policy Committee of the Monroe Board of Education reviewed a proposal to adopt a policy to provide fee-based transportation for non-resident students to schools located in Monroe, ‘The ‘proposed policy received a favorable review from the Policy Committee and is being submitte¢ for Board review and approval C, FEES FOR 2009-2010 REVISION - FIRST REVIEW Enclosed for Board review and approval is a revised Fee Schedule for 2009-2010 which includes a ‘Non-resident Bus Transportation Fee. VI vil. OLD BUSINESS A FIELD TRIP REQUEST BY MASUK DECA STUDENTS ~ SECOND REVIEW - VOTE, ANTICIPATED ‘Masul: High School DECA (Distributive Education Club of America) State Competition Finalists are requesting a trip to the DECA International Conference/Competition in Louisville, KY on Api 24-27, 2010. Recommended Motion: _ The Board approves the Masuk High School DECA Club request o attend the ECA International Conference Competition in Louisville, KY on April 24-27, 2010. TEXTBOOK APPROVAL ~ SPANISH 3 AND HONORS 3 ~ SECOND REVIEW ~ VOTE ANTICIPATED ‘The Monroe Curriculum Council reviewed a proposal from the Masuk World Languages Department to adopt the next textbook in the planned replacement of Spanish textbooks for Masuk and Jockey Hollow. ‘The textbook, Expresate: Level 3 was reviewed by the Curriculum Couneil and is being presented for Board adoption. representative from the Masuk World Language Department will be in atendance to answer questions from the Board, Recommended Motion: ‘The Board approves the adoption of the Spanish textbook, Expreswre: Level 3 for the World Language Department at Jockey Hollow School and Masuk High School. TEXTBOOK APPROVAL ~ ACCOUNTING 1- SECOND REVIEW ~ VOTE ANTICIPATED ‘The Monroe Curriculum Council reviewed a proposal from the Masuk Business Department tp adopt a new textbook for the Accounting I course. The textbook, Century 21: Accounting 9E Generel Journal ‘was reviewed by the Curriculum Council and is being presented for Board adoption. A representative from the Masuk Business Department will be in attendance to answer questions from the Board Recommended Motion: The Board approves the adoption of the textbook, Century 21: Accounting 93, General Journal, for the Business Department at Masuk High School. ‘TEXTBOOK APPROVAL — ACCOUNTING Il ~ SECOND REVIEW ~ VOTE ANTICIPATED ‘The Monroe Curriculum Council reviewed a proposal from the Masuk Business Department t9 adopt a new textbook for the Accounting IT course. The textbook, Century 21: Accounting 9E Advarced was reviewed by the Curriculum Council and is being presented for Board adoption. A representative from the ‘Masuk Business Department will be in attendance to answer questions from the Board. Recommended Motion: The Board approves the adoption of the textbook, Century 21: Accounting 9E Advanced, for the Business Department at Masuk High School COURSE APPROVAL ~ INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY - SECOND REVIEW ~ VOTE ANTICIPATED ‘The Monroe Curriculum Couneil reviewed a proposal from the Masuk Business Department 9 offer a ‘new course entitled, Introduction to Business Concepts and Technology. The course proposal was enthusiastically endorsed by the Curriculum Couneil and is being presented for Board adopticn, Representatives from the Masuk Business Department will be in attendance to answer questions from the Board. Recommended Motion: The Board approves the adoption of the new course entitled, Introduction to Business Concepts and Technology, for the Business Department at Masuk High School. REPORTS A STAFF REPORTS, 1. Athletic Bligibility — John Battista BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORTS ‘Masuk High School Student Board Representative Reports Board of Finance Liaison CABE ~ Region 6 Communications Committee ‘Cooperative Educational Services Liaison Curriculum Couneit Finance Committee Monroe Youth Commission Policy Cammitins Selectman'Town Council Liaison Six to Six Magnet School C,_ SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT 1 Enrollment Projections 2. School Updates D. COMMUKICATION Vill, ADJOURNMENT MONROE BOARD OF EDUCATION Monroe, Connecticut Regular Meeting Minutes October 19, 2009 Present: Chairman Darrell Trump Secretary Mark Hughes Board Member Lee Crouch Board Member Elizabeth Edgerton Board Member Adam Feldman Board Member Paul Sobel Board Member Tom Taylor Board Member Alan Vaglivelo Board Member Nancy Zorena Masuk Student Representative Max Gray Superintendent Dr. Colleen Palmer Assistant Superintendent Richard Canfield Finance Director Nancy O’Dea-Wyrick Absent: Masuk Student Representative Peter Adintori ‘Masuk Student Representative Matt Nikbin CALL TO ORDER. Chairman Trump called the meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance. Dr. Palmer advised the board there will be one additional retirement during the 2010- 2011 school year. Laura Ferrante Fernandes will be retiring from her position as Assistant Principal at Jockey Hollow in December 2010. She provided the board members with acopy of Ms. Fernandes’ letter of retirement. Motion to Approve the Consent Agenda Motion: (L. Crouch) Discussion: Board Member Sobel asked about the transfers. Dr. Palmer said that in hopes of leveraging any current resources to drive down the increase for next year, the district has been very fragal in terms of their expenditures from the Enterprise account, She continued there was $190,000 budgeted for legal services, maintenance and professional development though the funds were not used. There are 2 encumbranees, one the board has approved and the other is pending, contingent upon the board’s approval. Dr. Palmer directed the board members to page 19; under tuition, there was $27,039.50 expended and $203, 802.20 encumbered for a total of $230,000. She continued that this is where the board indicated it would draw the $230,000 for the oil liquidation to make the oil account whole this year as those funds are not in the operating budget. Dr. Palmer noted the board had approved this. She continued that the district is proposing that the Board Regular Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 6 Board of Education September 21, 2009 Monroe, Connecticut use some of the Enterprise Account to cover the Altemative Education staff. In the past, salaries for the Alternative Education staff have been paid directly from the tuition generated for funding that program and those salaries could be encumbered in this ‘manner which allows the board the flexibility to consider freeing up the monies in its operating budget to pay the bond payment of $150,000 for technology. It would also provide some unanticipated and needed relief in unemployment as itis trending higher than budgeted. Dr. Palmer reminded the board members that monies in Special Education are non-renewing as they came from Oxford students for Special Education. Board Member Crouch asked Dr. Palmer to address the unemployment situation; Dr.Palmer responded that when they anticipated laying off individuals there was a component of ‘unemployment and approximately 1/3 of those funds have been expended and individuals have extended periods of time when they could draw unemployment and if those employees continue to draw, there may not be enough funds remaining. If they are employed elsewhere, they would stop drawing. Dr, Palmer added that it was unlikely that the teachers who were laid off for the beginning of the year would find the same type of employment in the middle of the year. Second: (N. Zorena) Motion passed 9 (rump, Hughes, Crouch, Edgerton, Feldman, Sobel, Taylor, Vaglivelo and Zorena)-0 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - None NEW BUSINESS FIELD TRIP REQUEST BY MASUK DECA STUDENTS-Principal Battista presented the field trip request for the trip to the DECA (Distributive Education Club of America) State Competition on April 24-27, 2010. He added that at this time, they do not know if the group will reach a high enough level but he wanted to present the possibility of the trip to the Board of Education. He said that last year there were approximately 25 students at the State Level and 3 at the National Level. TEXTBOOK APPROVAL-Spanish 3 and Honors 3-Board Member Zorena stated that the series, Expresate, was approved last year for Spanish 1 and Spanish II classes and that Level III is being requested for the fall of 2010. She added that the Spanish Teachers reviewed many texts and concluded this is the best option for grades 8-12. Board Member Zorena continued that the cost of the texts is $22,000 and there is a complete online edition with an online workbook so the books do not have to be brought home. She continued that the old text is outdated in terms of vocabulary and is not relevant to technology. Dr. Canfield added that the online access was only available with the purchase of the hard copy texts. ‘TEXTBOOK APPROVAL-ACCOUNTING 1-Board Member Zorena said this is being presented by the Business Department; it isa full year course and students are eligible to receive 3 college credits from Naugatuck Valley Community College. The current textbook’s copyright date is 2000 and the proposed textbook applies accounting concepts to real world businesses which gives students the opportunity to see how accounting is used in real businesses versus fictitious businesses. The cost of the text is approximately $8000.00. Regular Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 6 Board of Education September 21, 2009 Monroe, Connecticut TEXTBOOK APPROVAL-ACCOUNTING I-Board Member Zorena said that the current text also has a date of 2000 and the proposed text uses real world business examples. The text will be used for grades 11 and 12. COURSE APPROVAL-INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY-Board Member Zorena said that this is an exciting course; it is a full year course with no text required as the teachers have created all the lessons and activities. It is an overview of business education that ties in with technology for grades 9-12. A sample lesson on credit cards was included in the packet for the board’s review. OLD BUSINESS-There was none discussed at tonight's meeting. STAFF REPORTS UPDATE ON ARRA STABILIZATION FUNDS Superintendent Palmer provided the board members with a hand-out on the American Resource and Recovery Act (ARRA) State Fiscal Stabilization Funds. Ms. O'Dea Wyrick gave a brief explanation of the worksheet. The $50,530,218 the Board of Education receives comes from the local taxpayers and from the State of Connecticut Education Cost Sharing Grant. The State of Connecticut determined that they were going to use part of the ARRA stabilization funds to make the Education Cost Sharing Grant whole for the town so to do that there were 2 buckets of ARRA funds; the Education State Grant and the Govemor’s Service Funds. The Federal Government has been very specific that the ARRA funds go directly to the schools so The Board of Education will receive a check rather than it going through the town so there will be a change in the cash flow. Ms. O'Dea-IWyrick said that though there will be a difference in the cash flow, the bottom line will remain the same. Dr. Palmer added that state legislation has been passed to allow a municipality to reduce the amount of allocation to the Board of Education by the equal amount that comes in through this funding source. She anticipates that at an upcoming Board of Finance meeting there will be a reduction of approximately $937,000 from the $50,539,218 appropriation as the grant funds will be going directly to the Board of Education. UPDATE ON ATHLETIC AUDIT Superintendent Palmer said that the audit was in response to the questions that arose last budget season on what it cost to fund an athletic per sport and if there could be an apples to apples comparison in terms of facility maintenance, transportation, custodial charges, uniforms and athletic trainers. Principal Battista acknowledged the efforts of John DeGennero and Brian Humpal in compiling the figures. He said that there are some assumptions to understand when looking at the information: + The audit was built from the 2010-2011 proposed budgets which include assumptions on stipend increases, transportation price increases, official fee increases and the estimated increase in athletic trainer cost «The athletic director, weight trainer and athletic activity coordinator stipends are budgeted evenly between athletic teams Regular Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 6 Board of Education September 21, 2009 Monroe, Connecticut «The athletic trainer, professional membership, clinic, training supplies and cpr/first aid costs are budgeted evenly between athletic teams The cost of field paint is distributed evenly between teams that use field paint Total Field Maintenance cost is calculated by season and divided by users Poo! Maintenance cost is calculated by season Gym Maintenance cost is calculated by season and then divided by users for that specific season «Electricity costs are not included © The surcharges in the audit are $290 for officiated sports and $245 for non- officiated sports. Principal Battista gave a brief explanation of the data and welcomed questions from the board members. Board Member Sobel asked about the cost of hockey; Principal Battista responded that ice hockey’s surcharge covers the ice time and the hockey players play the ice rink directly for the ice time. Committee Reports ‘Masuk Student Report - Representative Gray noted that the Marching Band has been doing very well; they have had 3 competitions to date and have placed 1" twice and 2 once. There are 2 more competitions to follow. Members of the National Art Honor Society came to the Great Pumpkin Fair at Monroe El and provided face painting for the children. Representative Gray said that Spirit week begins on Wednesday and Homecoming will be on Friday with Masuk playing Stratford. Board of Finance Liaison — No Report CABE Region 6 —No Report ‘Communications Committee - Board Member Crouch said that they met this evening and talked about strategies for communicating the upcoming budget referendum. They will be meeting before every board meeting to develop strategies; the next meeting will be on November 2. CES - No Report. Curriculum Couneil - Dy. Canfield said their first meeting was very well attended by student representatives, parents and staff and there was a positive exchange of thoughts and ideas. The next meeting will be on November 4 at Masuk from 4-5:30. Dr. Canfleld added they have already received proposals from the science department and for a fashion design course, He added that they are looking for new topics and one of their subcommittees is the Gifted and Talented Committee. Finance Committee - The committee will meet before the next board meeting Monroe Youth Commission — No Report. Policy Committee - Board Member Sobel said that they met tonight and some of the issues they discussed were bus transportation for non-residents and the deletion of the separate policy concerning dangerous weapons as it is covered in the suspension and expulsion policy. Board Member Sobel said that the administration of medication is still being looked at. ‘Town Couneil~No Report ‘Six to Six Magnet School - Board Member Edgerton said the October meeting had been canceled and has been rescheduled for December. Regular Meeting Minutes Page 4 0f 6 Board of Education, September 21, 2009 Monroe, Connecticu: SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT Dr. Palmer said that she received information today on the possibility of the district participating in an electric consortium. Ms.O’Dea Wyrick said a group of business mangers have discussed pooling themselves into a consortium to secure electric kilowatt hours. She said that this had been done last year through an existing consortium but that consortium has not elected to do it this year. Ms. O"Dea Wyrick continued that they met with Shipman and Goodwin who was going to work on a boilerplate style agreement that each district can use once an aggregate cost is determined. She continued that Shipman and Goodwin would like to have the district's decision by the end of the month. Each district is going to put in $2500 that will go into an account to fund the legal work that, Shipman and Goodwin will do on behalf of the 20-30 participants. The core group has selected Secure Energy Solutions as the aggregator for the procurement project. The initial funding will be $2500 per community and the district can pull out of the consortium at any time if they are not satisfied. Board Member Crouch asked if the $2500.00 would be a one-time or if there would be on-going costs; Ms. O'Dea Wyrick responded that the fee was to do the upfront, preliminary work and once the contract is done, the agreersent will be between the aggregator and the district. Chairman Trump asked what the savings would be; Board Member Feldman asked if there was a % target they were looking to save. It was stated that the anticipated savings would greatly exceed the $2500.00 the district would be investing, Superintendent Palmer stated that the RFP for health benefits has been launched and there are vendors who have expressed interest and requested information, She thanked the MEA for their support and for offering their consultant to work with Ovations on this, Superintendent Palmer also advised the board members there was another incident with one of the boilers at Jockey Hollow. Though the boiler is not old, it has been problematic and they will be working to find the root causes for the failures, Superintendant Palmer provided the board members with a copy of a letter she received from the Monroe Citizens Audit Committee; she noted that she had an opportunity to meet with them to review their transportation proposal. The Citizens Audit Committee proposal would be to combine the upper tiers with an elementary school; one of the concerns with that proposal is that the elementary students would be on the busses as early as 6:30. It would be difficult to arrange district wide meetings with the elementary schools having different dismissal times. Dr. Palmer acknowledged the Committee’s efforts and welcomed the exchange of ideas and suggestions. Dr. Palmer continued that she had the opportunity to attend the memorial for Susan Kimball on Saturday and noted it was a wonderful tribute to her. ‘The next item to be discussed was the standards based report card; they have been in place for several years but this is the first time the district is looking at implementing the 4" grade model, A. prototype of the document was mailed to every 4" grade parent to make sure that they had the information and the opportunity to provide feedback. There will be a meeting for parents on Thursday evening. ‘There was a letter from several parents of Six to Six Magnet School students regarding concems with the transportation. The issues included delays, drivers and lack of Regular Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 6 Board of Education ~ September 21, 2009 ‘Monroe, Connecticut communication, Dr. Palmer said that many of the issues resulted from substitute drivers and that there is a state wide shortage of bus drivers, Motion to Adjourn at 8:40 p.m, Motion: (L. Crouch) Discussion: none. Second: (N. Zorena) Motion passed 9 (Trump, Hughes, Crouch, Edgerton, Feldman, Sobel, Taylor, Vaglivelo and Zorena)-0 Respectfully submitted, Mark Hughes Board of Education Secretary Regular Meeting Minutes Page 6 of 6 Board of Education September 21, 2008 Monroe, Connecticu: 10 5131.7 ‘Students ‘Weapons and Dangerous Instruments ‘The Board of Education is concemed for the safety and welfare of all students; school personnel and visitors to our schools and school sponsored activities. For this reason the Board prohibits student possession and/or use of weapons of any kind or other dangerous instruments in any school building on schoo! grounds, in any school vehicle, or at any school-sponsored activity. This includes, but is not limited to, guns, knives of any kind, any facsimile of weapons, pellet or bee bee guns, box cutters, razors, soft air pistol and/or other deadly weapons or dangerous instruments as defined by Conn. Gen, Stat. § 53a-3. Possession and/or use of any such dangerous weapon by a student on or off school grounds is cause for expulsion of the student for a calendar year. ‘The period of expulsion may be modified, by the Board of Education or heating panel on a case by case basis. To comply with federal law, any finding of an exception shall be reduced to writing, Students in violation of this policy will be reported to law enforcement authorities, Legal Reference: $3a-3 (Definitions of Deadly Weapons/Dangerous Instruments) 53a-217b (Possession of firearms and deadly weapons on school grounds) 53-206 (Camying and sale of dangerous weapons) 18 U.S.C. 921 Definitions of Firearms) See also Board Policy $114 (Suspension and Expulsion/Due Process) See also Conn, Gen, Stat. § 10-233c, 10-233d (Suspension/Expulsion) Policy adopted: April 4, 2005 MONROE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Policy readopted: Monroe, Connecticut eile S114(@) Students Removal, Suspension and Expulsion A. General Removal, suspension and expulsion are governed by the Connecticut General Statutes (the “General Statutes” or “CGS”). The board of education’s policy concerning exclusion, removal, suspension and expulsion includes the General Statutes, as they may be amended from time to time, as well as other aspects of the policy adopted by the board. Various statutes relating 1o removal, suspension and expulsion are printed below, with the printed versions being what are believed to be current as of the date this policy was written, However, if a statute or other law is amended or changed from what is printed as a part of this policy, the amendment or change shall control, and this policy shall be deemed to be automatically amended to comply with the change in the law. If any change in the law allows the board further discretion or authority, the policy shall be deemed to be automatically amended to allow for the exercise of such discretion or authority. For example, if, as of the date of this policy was written state statute requires in-school suspension, and if the law changes to relax the requirement for in-school suspension, this policy would be deemed to have been’ automatically amended such that the relaxed suspension requirement would apply. B. Definitions. ‘Some of the terms used in this policy are defined in statutes. Various statutory definitions are printed below, with the printed versions believed to be current as of the date this policy was written. However, ifa statute or other law is amended or changed from what is printed as a partof this policy, the amendment or change shall control, and the definition shall be deemed to be automatically amended to comply with the change in the law. The statutory reference is indicated for many of the definitions. Some definitions may be the board’s and not statutory. When used in this policy, unless the context indicates otherwise, the definition of terms is: (1) “Controlled substance” means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in schedules I to Y, inclusive, of the Connecticut controlled substance scheduling regulations adopted pursuant to section 214-243. (CGS 21a-240(9)) (2) “Dangerous instrument” means any instrument, article or substance which, under the circumstances in which it is used or attempted or threatened to be used, is capable of causing death or serious physical injury, and includes a “vehicle” as that term is defined in this section and includes a dog that has been commanded to attack, except a dog owned by a law enforcement agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof or of the federal government when such dog is in the performance of its duties under the direct supervision, care and control of an assigned law enforcement officer. (CGS 53a-3(7)) (3) “Dangerous weapon” means any BB. gun, blackjack, metal or brass knuckles, or any dirk kaife, or any switch knife, or any knife having an automatic spring release device by which a blade is released from the handle, having a blade of over one and one-half -12- (4) © ©) M 8) e 0) 5114(b) inches in length, or stiletto, or any knife the edged portion of the blade of which is four inches or over in length, any police baton or nightstick, or any martial arts weapon or electronic defense weapon, as defined in section 53a-3, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument. (CGS 53-206). “Deatlly weapon” means any weapon, whether loaded or unloaded, from which a shot may be discharged, or a switchblade knife, gravity knife, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, or meta! knuckles. The definition of “deadly weapon” in this subdivision shall be deemed not to apply to section 29-38 or 53-206. (CGS 53a-3(6)). “Drug paraphernalia” refers to equipment, products and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, prepering, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing or concealing, ot ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introducing into the human body, any controlled substance contrary to the provisions of chapter 420b of the General Statutes. (CGS 22a-240(20)(A)). “Blectronic defense weapon” means a weapon which by electronic impulse or current is capable of immobilizing a person temporarily, but is not capable of inflicting death or serious physical injury, including a stun gun or other conductive energy device. (CGS 53a-3(20)). “Emergency” means a situation under which the continued presence of the pupil in school poses such a danger to persons or property or such a disruption of the educational process that a hearing may be delayed until a time as soon after the exclusion of such pupil as possible. (CGS 10-233a(f)). “Exclusion” means any denial of public school privileges to a pupil for disciplinary purposes. (CGS 10-233a(a)). “Expulsion” means an exclusion from school privileges for more than ten consecutive school days and shall be deemed to include, but not be limited to, exclusion from the school to which such pupil was assigned at the time such disciplinary action was tacen, provided such exclusion shall not extend beyond a period of one calendar year. (CGS 10-233a(e)). “Firearm” under 18 U.S.C. 921 (federal law) means (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; (B) the frame ot receiver of any such weason;, (©) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm (18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3)); where “destructive device” meatts any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas (i) bomb, (ji) grenade, (iii) rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, (iv) missile having an explcsive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, (v) mine, or (vi) device similar to any of the devices described in the preceding clauses. “Be an (12) a3) a4) «sy 06 an cas) 5114(c) “Firearm”. under CGS 53a-3(19) (state law) means any sawed-off shotgun, machine gun, rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver or other weapon, whether loaded or unloaded from which a shot may be discharged. “In-school suspension” means an exclusion from regular classroom activity for no more than five consecutive school days, but not exclusion from school, provided such exclusion shall not extend beyond the end of the school year in which such in-school suspersion was imposed, and provided that from and after July 1, 2009, instead of “five consecutive school days” the period shall be “ten consecutive school days”. (CGS 10- 233a(0). “Inbalant” means any product or substance which when inhaled causes a depressant, stimulant or hallucinogenic effect upon the higher functions of the central nervous system. “Martial arts weapon” means a nunchaku, kama, kasari-fundo, octagon sai, tonfa or chinese star. (CGS 532-3(21)). “Possess” means to have physical possession or otherwise to exercise dominion or contrcl over tangible property. (CGS 532-3(2)). “Removal” means an exclusion from a classroom for all or part of a single class period, provided such exclusion shall not extend beyond ninety minutes. (CGS 10-233a(b)). “School-sponsored activity” means any activity sponsored, recognized or authorized by board of education and includes activities conducted on ot off school property. (COS 10-233a(h)). “Suspension” means an exclusion from school privileges or from transportation services only for no more than ten consecutive school days, provided such exclusion shall not extend beyond the end of the school year in which such suspension was imposed. (CGS 10-233a(d)). a) @) a 5114(a) B. Violation of board policy, grounds for suspension and expulsion. The following conduct on school grounds or at a school sponsored activity is prohibited as a matter of board of education policy, the violation of which shall be grounds for suspension or expulsion in accordance with the provisions of the General Statutes and this policy: (a) Possession of a “firearm,” as defined in 18 United States Code 921 or Gensral Statutes 53a-3, a “deadly weapon,” as defined in General Statutes 53a-3, a “dangerous instrument,” as defined in General Statutes 532-3, a “martial arts weapon,” as defined in General Statutes 53a-3, an “electronics defense weapon,” as defined in General Statutes 532-3 and/or a “dangerous weapon,” within the meaning of General Statutes 53-206. (b) Any other publicized board policy or school rule dealing with student conduct on school grounds or at a school sponsored activity. The following conduct that occurs on school grounds or at a school sponsored activity or, to the extent it is seriously disruptive to the educational process, occurs off school grounds or not at a school sponsored activity, is prohibited as a matter of board of education policy, the violation of which shall be grounds for suspension or expulsion in accordance with the provisions of the General Statutes and this policy: (@) Any conduct that is seriously disruptive of the educational process. (b) Any conduct that endangers persons or property. (©) Copying of another person’s academic work and presenting it as the student's ‘own work product. (@) Unauthorized or inappropriate use of the school computer system. (©) Bullying, in violation of policy no. 5131.911 (® Any other publicized board poliey or school rule dealing with student conduct D. Removal from class. General Statutes 10-233b, Removal of pupils from class, provides: (a) Any local or regional board of education may authorize teachers in its employ to remove a pupil from class when such pupil deliberately causes a serious disruption of the educational process within the classroom, provided no pupil shall be removed from class more than six times in any school year nor more than twice in one week unless such pupil is referred to the building principal or such principals designee and granted an informal hearing in accordance with the provisions of section 10-233. <15- 5114(e) (b) Whenever any teacher removes a pupil from the classroom, such teacher shall serd such pupil to a designated area and shall immediately inform the building principal or such principal’s designee as to the name of the pupil against whom such disciplinary action was taken and the reason therefor. (2) Teachers are authorized to remove pupils as provided in CGS 10-2336. E, Suspension of privileges. (2) General Statutes 10-233¢, Suspension of pupils, provides: (a) Any local or regional board of education may authorize the administration of the schools under its direction to suspend from school privileges any pupil whose conduct on school grounds or at a school sponsored activity is violative of a publicized policy of such board or is seriously disruptive of the educational process cor endangers persons or property or whose conduct off school grounds is violative of suct policy and is seriously disruptive of the educational process. In making a determination as to whether conduct is seriously disruptive of the educatioial process, the administration may consider, but such consideration shall not be limited to: (1) Whether the incident occurred within close proximity of a school; (2) whether other students from the school were involved or whether there was any gang invelvement; (3) whether the conduct involved violence, threats of violence or the unlawful use of a weapon, as defined in section 29-38, and whether any injuries ‘occurred; and (4) whether the conduct involved the use of alcohol. Any such board may authorize the administration to suspend transportation services for any pupil whose conduct while awaiting or receiving transportation to and from school endangers persons or property ot is violative of a publicized policy of such board. Unlass an emergency exists, no pupil shall be suspended without an informal hearing by the administration, at which such pupil shall be informed of the reasons for the disciplinary action and given an opportunity to explain the situation, provided nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a more formal hearing from being held if the circumstances surrounding the incident so require, and further provided no pupil shall be suspended more than ten times or a total of fifty days in one school year, whichever results in fewer days of exclusion, unless such pupil is granted a formal hearing pursuant to sections 4-176e to 4-180a, inclusive, and section 4-181a, If an ‘emergency situation exists, such hearing shall be held as soon after the suspension as possible. (b) In cetermining the length of a suspension period, the administration may receive and consider evidence of past disciplinary problems which have led to removal from a classtoom, suspension or expulsion of such pupil (©) Whenever any administration suspends a pupil, such administration shall not later than twenty-four hours after the suspension notify the superintendent or such superintendent's designee as to the name of the pupil against whom such disciplinary action was taken and the reason therefor. 5114(£) (@ Any pupil who is suspended shall be given an opportunity to complete any classwork including, but not limited to, examinations which such pupil missed during the period of suspension, © For any pupil who is suspended for the first time pursuant to this section and who has never been expelled pursuant to section 10-233d, the administration may shorten the length of or waive the suspension period if the pupil successfully completes an administration-specified program and meets any other conditions required by the administration. Such administration-specified program shall not require the pupil or the parent or guardian of the pupil to pay for participation in the program. (© Whenever a pupil is suspended pursuant to the provisions of this section, notice of the suspension and the conduct for which the pupil was suspended shall be incluied onthe pupil's cumulative educational record. Such notice shall be expunged from the cumulative educational record by the local or regional board of education if a pupil graduates from high school, or in the case of a suspension of a pupil for which the length of the suspension period is shortened or the suspension period is waived pursuant to subsection (¢) of this section, such notice shall be expunged from the ‘cumulative educational record by the local or regional board of education (1) if the pupil graduates from high school, or (2) if the administration so chooses, at the time the pupil completes the administration-specified program and meets any cher conditions required by the administration pursuant to said subsection (e), whichever is earlier. (g) Suspensions pursuant to this section shall be in-school suspensions, unless during the hearing held pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the administration determ nes that the pupil being suspended poses such a danger to persons or property or such a disruption of the educational process that the pupil shall be excluded from school

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