Page 39 - Atlanta Public Schools 2022/2023 Student Handbook + Planner

CODE
TITLE
DEFINITION
APPLICATION
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
EXAMPLES
11.d
Bus Electronic Distractions/ Cell Phone Use
Students shall not record video or audio during school transportation, or use any electronic device that is distracting to the bus operator or may interfere with the bus communication equipment. No electronic devices may be operated without the use of headphones or ear buds. “Electronic device” includes but is not limited to: cell phones; tablets; iPads; iPods; or any other electronic device.
11.f.1 One to three Days Detention
11.f.2 One to five Days ISS OR one to three Days OSS
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Category I Weapon
A student shall not possess, handle, transmit, or cause to be transmitted; use or threaten to use; sell, attempt to sell, or conspire to sell a FIREARM, either concealed or open to view, on school property. A FIREARM is a (LOADED or UNLOADED) handgun, rifle, shotgun, or other weapon which will or can be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or electrical charge.
Students found in possession of Loaded Category I Wepons will
be permantently expelled from Atlanta Public Schools.
12.1 One to three Days Detention
12.2 One
to five Days ISS OR one to three Days OSS
12.3 Four to 10 Days OSS
12.b
Category II Weapon
Intent plays a role in this situation.
A student shall not possess, handle, transmit, or cause to be transmitted; use or threaten to use; sell, attempt to sell, or conspire to sell a HAZARDOUS OBJECT, either concealed or open to view, on school property. A HAZARDOUS OBJECT is a pellet gun, paint pellet gun, or BB gun, antique firearm, pepper spray, non lethal air gun, stun gun, taser, or any similar weapon that does not meet the definition of a Category I weapon; any Bowie, Dirk, machete, switchblade knife, ballistics knife, any other
knife having a blade of two or more inches; any razor blade (e.g., straight, regular, retractable, etc.); box cutter; any bludgeon (e.g. billy club, PR-
24, nightstick, spring stick, blackjack, club); any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; “look-alike” bomb; any “martial arts” device or flailing instrument consisting of two or more rigid parts connected in such a manner as to allow them to swing freely (e.g., nunchakus, nunchuck, nun chahka, shuriken,
or fighting chain, etc.); any disc of whatever configuration with at least two points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled (e.g., Chinese star, oriental dart, throwing star, etc.); miscellaneous devices such as swords, sword/knife canes, ice picks, chains, bow and arrows, knuckles made of metal, thermoplastic, wood or other similar material, objects placed on fingers, in hands, or on fists or knuckles to provide a “loaded fist,” etc., or any tool or instrument which the school administration could reasonably conclude as being used as a weapon or intended by the student to be used as a weapon.
12.b.2 One to five Days ISS OR one to three Days OSS
12.b.3 Four to 10 Days OSS
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