The Shelby County Board of Education accepts the responsibility for establishing and maintaining proper standards of discipline and behavior in the public schools. In order to maintain good order and insure an environment conducive to learning, the Board considers behavior or conduct occurring on school property or at any school sponsored activity occurring off school property which interferes with the above to be offenses. Such offenses include but are not limited to the following:
Disrespect or insubordination toward teachers, principals, or other school employees;
Immoral conduct, indecent language or behavior;
Sexual, racial, ethnic, or religious harassment;
Theft;
Violence, the threat of violence and/or physical or verbal intimidation directed toward other students, teachers or Shelby County Schools' employees;
Persistent disobedience or disorder;
Habitual tardiness or unexcused absenteeism, truancy;
Vandalism;
Sale, possession, or use of alcohol, drugs, substances represented to be drugs or alcohol, substances for huffing, or drug paraphernalia;
Smoking and or the possession of tobacco products, lighters or matches;
Possession of, access to and/or use of beepers, cellular phones, or other electronic communication devices during school hours without written permission of the principal;
Gang activities;
Weapons or weapon look-alikes and explosives;
Possession of mace or disabling sprays;
Inciting, advising or counseling of others to engage in any of the acts herein enumerated;
Off-campus criminal behavior resulting in felony charges; when behavior poses a danger to persons or property or disrupts the educational process; and
Inappropriate use of electronic media.
The Board delegates to the Superintendent the responsibility to develop and enforce the necessary rules and regulations in accordance with Board policy and the laws of Shelby County, the state of Tennessee, and the nation to assure a proper standard of behavior.