STUDENTS/RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Board recognizes that it has the responsibility to assure students
the legal rights that are theirs by virtue of guarantees offered all
persons under federal and state constitutions and statutes.
Supplementary to these rights are responsibilities that must be
assumed by these same students. Among these rights and
responsibilities are:
- Civil rights, including the rights to equal
educational opportunity and freedom from discrimination, and the
responsibility not to discriminate against others.
- The right to attend free public schools, and the
responsibility to attend school as required by law and to observe
school rules that are essential for permitting other students to
learn at school.
- The right to freedom of petition and assembly,
subject to reasonable rules of the district.
- The right to procedural due process in
disciplinary matters.
- The right to freedom of religion and separation
of church and state, and the responsibility to exercise religious
tolerance.
- The right to free inquiry and expression, and the
responsibility to avoid defamation of character, obscenity, and
incitement to violence.
It is the Board's intent, as part of the educational
process, to make the district's students aware of their legal rights
and to provide them with opportunities to exercise such rights. It is
also the Board's intent to make them aware of its authority to make
(or delegate authority to the Superintendent or designee to make)
policies and regulations that ensure the orderly operation of the
district programs and facilities.
See "Uniform Code of Discipline and Students' Rights
and Responsibilities" handbook, which is made a part of this policy
manual, for specific provisions regarding students; rights and
responsibilities.
