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GUN FREE POLICY



Any student possessing or having had in his/her possession a firearm on a school campus or at a school sponsored activity will be expelled from the school system for a minimum of one (1) calendar year, one hundred eighty (180) school days, and referred to the appropriate law enforcement agency.1

For purposes of this policy, firearms is defined in 18 U.S.C.§921, but shall also include shotguns, antique guns, and rifles.2

The superintendent has the authority to modify the expulsion on a case-by-case basis.



1T.C.A.§49-6-3401(g)
218 U.S.C. §921





Adopted 12/05/96