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School Environment shall mean within or on school property, and/or at school sanc oned or supervised ac vi es, including, for example, on school grounds, on school buses, at func ons held on school grounds, at extra-curricular ac vi es held on and off school grounds, on field trips and at func ons held at the school in the evening. 12. Expulsion shall mean exclusion from school for a period determined by the local District not to exceed the total annual number of student days except under those circumstances in which expulsion is due to an act covered under the Gun Free School Act. The process for re-admission shall be determined by the local district.
APPENDIX II SCHOOL-POLICE RELATIONSHIPS AND REQUIREMENTS TO REPORT CRIMINAL AND OTHER CONDUCT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE POLICE The Brandywine School District is required by State law or regula on to report certain student conduct to the appropriate Police Agency. To facilitate this process, and in compliance with State regula ons, the District shall enter into Memorandum of Agreement between the Board of Educa on of the Brandywine School District and Law Enforcement Agencies in New Castle County every school year. This Agreement includes, but is not limited to, the following: A. School officials are charged with the responsibility to provide for the safety of students and the security of school property. School officials shall promptly report evidence of criminal offenses which occur in the school environment, including incidents that occur on or in connec on with school buses. Addi onally, evidence of those crimes which have occurred off school property but which come to the a en on of school authori es shall be reported. B. Delaware Code requires mandatory repor ng of the offenses listed in 14 Del. C §4112. School employees who have reliable informa on that would lead a reasonable person to believe that one of the following has occurred on school property or at a school func on must immediately report the incident to the principal or designee: • Student, school volunteer, or school employee has been the vic m of a violent felony, assault III, unlawful sexual contact III; or • School employee has been the vic m of offensive touching, terroris c threatening; or • Student under 18 has been the vic m of sexual harassment, as defined under Title 11 of the Delaware Code; or • Person on school property has drugs, or weapon or bomb, or dangerous instrument. The principal or designee will make every effort to no fy the parent(s)/guardian(s) and will conduct a thorough inves ga on. If the inves ga on finds good reason to believe that a crime has been commi ed, there will be an immediate report to the police for any violent felony, drugs, weapon, bomb, or dangerous instrument, and within 88
