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TOBACCO-FREE SCHOOLS
To ensure the highest standards of learning as well as the safety, health
and well-being of students, employees and visitors, the Western School
District will enforce the Tobacco-Free School Law (Enrolled Senate Bill
459, 1993).
Staff and students have a right to work in and/or attend school in an environment free of second hand smoke. The district has the responsibility to enforce compliance with the law by prohibiting the use of any tobacco product on school property. The Western School District will comply with the legal requirements of this law. Staff, students, and visitors are not to use tobacco products at any time in district buildings or in vehicles owned or operated by the Western School District.
Use of tobacco products includes:
The carrying of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other lighted smoking device The inhaling or chewing of a tobacco product The placing of a tobacco product within a person’s mouth
The use of tobacco products by any person in violation of the policy will
result in disciplinary action. The Tobacco-Free Schools Law makes the
violation of this policy a misdemeanor with a fine of $50.00. Local law
enforcement agencies will be notified of an infraction. Ef Such expulsions must be entered into the student’s permanent records and such information provided to any other public or private school to which the student seeks to enroll. Further, the school must refer the expelled student to the county department of social services or county community mental health agency. Existing law requires the notification of law enforcement officials when such an incident occurs. Copies of the Western School District Board of Education Policy on Weapons Free School Zone are available upon request. |
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January 1, 1995, the Michigan School Code has been amended by Legislative
action that requires the mandatory expulsion of any student who possesses
a firearm or any other dangerous weapon or who commits rape or arson while
on school property (including vehicles) or at a school-related activity.
Minor exceptions to this mandate exist but are very limited in scope.