2022                      3411

Community Relations

 

SUBJECT:   PROHIBITION OF WEAPONS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS

With the exception of law enforcement officers, as permitted by law, and individuals who have the express written permission of the Board or its designee, no person may have in his or her possession any weapon on school grounds, in any District building, on a school bus or District vehicle, or at any school-sponsored activity or setting under the control and supervision of the District. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to:  any of the objects or instruments referred to in Section 265.01 of the New York State Penal Law; any air-gun, spring-gun, or other instrument or weapon in which the propelling force is a spring, air, piston or CO2 cartridge; and any object that could be considered a reasonable facsimile of a weapon.

 

 

 

• Penal Law §§ 265.01-265.06
• NOTE:      Refer also to Policies #3410 — Code of Conduct
• #7313 — Suspension of Students
• #7360 — Weapons in School and the Gun-Free Schools Act

 

 

Adopted:  8/24/11

Revised:  11/22/16; 9/22/20