Administrative Regulation

AR 3515.2

Business and Noninstructional Operations

Disruptions

The Superintendent or designee shall post at every entrance to each school and school grounds a notice setting forth school hours, visitor registration location and requirements, penalties for refusing to leave school grounds, and any other announcements required by the local law enforcement agency in order to pursue the arrest of persons found loitering or trespassing. (Education Code 32211, Penal Code 627.6)

Immediately upon entering any school building or grounds when school is in session, any person who is not a student of the school or a district officer or employee shall report his/her presence and the reason for visiting the school to the principal or designee. (Penal Code 626.6, 627.2)

The principal or designee may refuse to register an individual if he or she has a reasonable basis for concluding that the person's presence or acts would disrupt the school, its students, its teachers, or its other employees; would result in damage to property; or would result in the distribution or use of unlawful or controlled substances. (Penal Code 627.4)

The principal, designee, or school security officer may revoke an individual's registration if he or she has a reasonable basis for concluding that the person's presence would interfere or is interfering with the peaceful conduct of school activities, or would disrupt or is disrupting the school, its students, its teachers, or its other employees. (Penal Code 627.4)

Any individual who fails to register within a reasonable time after entering the school grounds, who fails to leave upon request of the principal or designee, or who returns after leaving pursuant to such a request has committed an unlawful act and may be prosecuted according to law. (Penal Code 627.2, 627.7)

When an individual is directed to leave under such circumstances, the principal or designee shall inform the person that he/she will be guilty of a misdemeanor subject to a fine and/or imprisonment if he/she reenters any district facility within 30 days after being directed to leave, or within seven days if the person is a parent/guardian of a student attending that school. (Penal Code 626.7)

If an individual refuses to leave upon request or returns within seven days, the principal or designee shall notify the police.

Action leading to the penalty of a fine, imprisonment or both may be taken against anyone whose conduct materially disrupts classwork or extracurricular activities or causes a disturbance on school grounds. (Education Code 44811, Penal Code 415.5)

Possession of unauthorized dangerous instruments, weapons or devices is prohibited on school premises, on any public right-of-way immediately adjacent to school property, or any other place where a teacher and student(s) are required to be in connection with assigned school activities. (Penal Code 626, 626.9, 626.10)

Appeal Procedure

Any person the principal or designee asks to leave school grounds shall promptly comply. Any person who so complies may appeal to the Superintendent or principal by submitting a written request for a hearing. This request must be made within five days after the person's departure from school and must state why the request to depart was improper. The request also must provide an address to which a hearing notice may be sent. Upon receipt of the request for a hearing, the Superintendent or principal shall mail a notice of the hearing to the person requesting it. The hearing shall be held within seven days after receipt of the request. (Penal Code 627.5)

The decision of the Superintendent or principal may be appealed to the Board of Education. The Board shall consider and decide the matter at the next regular public Board meeting for which it can be placed on the agenda. The Board's decision shall be final. (Education Code 32211)

Regulation PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

approved: July 7, 1993 Palos Verdes Estates, California

revised: March 22, 2001