Administrative Regulation

AR 5131.62

Students

Tobacco

Discipline

Students who possess or use tobacco on school premises or at school-sponsored events shall be subject to the following disciplinary procedures:

1. First Offense:

a. Student conference

b. Parent/guardian contact

2. Second Offense:

a. Parent/guardian contact

b. One- to two-day suspension or detention alternative to suspension

3. Third and Subsequent Offenses:

a. One- to five-day suspension

b. Transfer

c. Disciplinary probation with behavioral contract

A behavioral contract is a written agreement between a student, parent/guardian and administrator, setting forth conditions that the student must meet during the probation period. Students under disciplinary probation shall either fulfill these conditions or be denied specified privileges until their behavior improves. Failure to comply with the agreement also may result in further disciplinary action.

Tobacco Use Prevention Instruction

All students in grades four through eight shall receive instruction that addresses the following topics: (Health and Safety Code 104420)

1. Immediate and long-term undesirable physiological, cosmetic and social consequences of tobacco use

2. Reasons that adolescents say they smoke or use tobacco

3. Peer norms and social influences that promote tobacco use

4. Refusal skills for resisting social influences that promote tobacco use

Regulation PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

approved: March 8, 2001 Palos Verdes Estates, California