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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 and the state laws passed in pursuance thereof "zero tolerance" laws, must afford the maximum amount of procedural due process to the student who are expelled for bringing a weapon to school. [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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Zero-tolerance policies are school disciplinary policies that set predetermined consequences or punishments for specific offenses. By nature, zero-tolerance policies, as any policy that is "unreasonable rule or policy that is the same for everyone but has an unfair effect on people who share a particular attribute", often become discriminatory.
School districts around the country are being accused of funneling kids from schools to juvenile jails at an alarming clip, but Connecticut has worked hard in recent years to reverse course. The state consolidated everything related to youth crime under one roof and passed a series of laws during the 2000s to reduce the number of incarcerated ...