Any student found to have committed a violation of Section 784.081 F.S. shall be expelled and placed in an alternative school setting for a minimum period of one year. Weapons and the use of weapons are prohibited on school property, including buses and at school sponsored activities, and in any vehicle brought onto school property or to a school sponsored activity. Any student who brings a firearm to school will be expelled from the regular school for not less than one year and referred for criminal prosecution. The use of illicit drugs and unlawful possession and use of alcohol is wrong and harmful and is a Level IV violation of the Code of Student Conduct. Also prohibited are the sale of any substance represented by the student to be alcohol or a controlled substance, the use of a legal substance to attain a mood-altering effect, and the possession of any equipment or device for preparing or taking drugs.
Drug offenses are cumulative from year to year, and school to school.
If the pupil divulges information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who supplied such controlled substance to him or her, or if the pupil voluntarily discloses his or her unlawful possession of such controlled substance prior to his or her arrest. If the pupil commits himself or herself, or is referred by the court in lieu of sentence, to a state-licensed drug abuse program and successfully completes the program.