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A zero-tolerance policy in schools is a policy of strict enforcement of school rules against behaviors or the possession of items deemed undesirable. In schools, common zero-tolerance policies concern physical altercations, as well as the possession or use of illicit drugs or weapons. Students, and sometimes staff, parents, and other visitors ...
The Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 also amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. [1] In 1994, Congress introduced the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994, which encouraged each state receiving federal funds for education to follow suit and introduce their own laws, now known as zero tolerance laws. [2]
Zero-tolerance policies have been adopted in schools and other education venues around the world. The policies are usually promoted as preventing drug abuse, violence, and gang activity in schools. Common zero-tolerance policies concern possession or use of recreational drugs or weapons. Students and sometimes staff, parents, and other visitors ...
Zero-tolerance policies for weapons and sometimes drugs have been adopted by some school districts wanting to deter student behavior by making it clear that actions would be met with automatic ...
The University of California will enforce rules against encampments, blocking pathways and wearing some face masks as students begin returning to campus after a protest-filled spring, the system ...
Aug. 9—Due to a new statewide policy, students could face expulsion as a result of making a threat of mass violence. The policy went into effect on July 1, and it added threats of mass violence ...
The Safe Schools Act is an Ontario bill, implemented in 2000 to provide a definitive set of regulations for punishments that must be issued for students. The bill is often referred to as a zero-tolerance policy, however "the presence of mitigating factors in the Act and school board policies precludes it from being strictly defined as a zero tolerance regime". [1]
A school district in Pennsylvania called the police on a six-year-old with Down syndrome because she made a finger-gun gesture at her teacher, the girl’s mother says.Maggie Gaines, the mother of ...