Source: https://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Legislation/Schools
Timestamp: 2017-06-24 03:31:18
Document Index: 701275989

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 41', '§ 13', '§ 6', '§ 6', 'art911', '§ 35183', '§ 51264', 'art 28', 'art 19', '§ 51265', '§ 51266', '§ 51266', '§ 13826', '§ 22', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 4123', '§ 617', '§ 4112', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 20', '§ 105', '§ 105', '§ 720', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 20', '§ 9', '§ 9', '§ 9', '§ 7', '§ 2', '§ 380', '§ 37', '§ 160', '§ 161', '§ 18', '§ 52', '§ 14', '§ 23', '§ 336', '§ 42', '§ 59', '§ 49', '§ 49', '§ 49', '§ 37', '§ 51', '§ 37', '§ 42', '§ 71', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 46', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 19', '§ 22', '§ 22', '§ 28', '§ 28', '§ 28']

Gang-Related Legislation—Gangs and Schools
Alabama § 41-15B-2.2. Allocation of funds
b.1. The School Safety Enhancement Program. The amount of monies available to each local board of education shall be determined by the State Board of Education based upon the second month enrollment of the preceding school year. To be eligible to initially receive a portion of the monies, each local board of education shall submit a grant application pursuant to guidelines promulgated by the State Board of Education with provisions for annual renewal of the grants. Provisions for program evaluation in order to determine effectiveness and financial accountability shall be included in the guidelines. The guidelines shall include all of the following:
(vi) Drug, alcohol, or tobacco or gang-related or satanic worshipping-related education, prevention, detection, or enforcement programs. Arizona (view all subjects for this state)
4. Adopt and enforce policies and procedures that prohibit students from wearing any type of clothing, accessories and jewelry that is worn with the intent to convey affiliation with a criminal street gang as defined in § 13-105. Arkansas (view all subjects for this state)
Arkansas § 6-15-1005. Safe, Equitable, and Accountable Public Schools
(b)(1) The school climate will promote student achievement.
(2)(A) Every school and school district will enforce school district policies to ensure the safety of every student during school hours at school-sponsored activities. These policies will include, at a minimum, policies on weapons, violence, tobacco, alcohol, other drugs, gangs, and sexual harassment (B). Arkansas § 6-15-1303. Safe School Initiative Act
(a) A school district shall provide annual training for all of its employees and students, to the extent practicable, in preventing and responding to acts of violence, terrorism, and natural disaster, including without limitation:
(3) (A) Annual active shooter drills and school safety assessments in collaboration with local law enforcement and emergency management personnel for all schools, including a school lockdown exercise with panic button alert system training.
(B) The purpose of the training is to allow participants to: (i) Discuss simulated emergency situations in a low-stress environment; (ii) Clarify the roles and responsibilities of individuals and the logistics of handling an emergency on the school campus; and (iii) Identify areas in which the school safety plan should be modified.
(b)(1) On or before September 1, 2015, a school shall provide floor plans and pertinent emergency contact information to be used in connection with the panic button alert system through the statewide Smart911 system. (2) Public school administration shall update the information as necessary, including when substantial building modifications or changes are made. (3) Information provided under this subsection are not public records and are not available for public inspection. (c)(1) Subject to an appropriation and funding for this purpose, the Criminal Justice Institute shall provide the necessary training and education for:
(ii) Delivering education to students and faculty on public safety and legal topics such as drugs and alcohol abuse, sexual assault, bullying and cyberbullying, gangs, preventing the possession of weapons by minors, and responding to the threat of weapons at school;
(E) Other persons or entities identified on the Criminal Justice Institute's website as having received the training.
(4) Annual training and active shooter drills may be conducted during the instructional day or during noninstructional time periods as determined by the school district.
(d) Subject to an appropriation and funding for this purpose, each public school, in collaboration with the school district, may install communications equipment that is interoperable with the Arkansas Wireless Information Network system. California (view all subjects for this state)
California Ed Code § 35183. Legislative declaration regarding gang regalia, gang-related apparel and gang affiliation; Adoption and enforcement of reasonable dress code policy; Schoolwide uniforms
(g) A policy adopted pursuant to this section shall not preclude pupils that participate in a nationally recognized youth organization from wearing organization uniforms on days that the organization has a scheduled meeting. California Ed Code § 51264. Guidelines for incorporating in-service training in gang violence and drug and alcohol abuse prevention; Assistance in developing in-service training programs and qualifying for funding; Encouragement to develop single plan; Consultation with California Emergency Management Agency
(b) The department shall, upon request, assist school districts and county offices of education in developing comprehensive gang violence and drug and alcohol abuse prevention in-service training programs. The department's information and guidelines, to the maximum extent possible, shall encourage school districts and county offices of education to avoid duplication of effort by sharing resources; adapting or adopting model in-service training programs; developing joint and collaborative programs; and coordinating efforts with existing state staff development programs, county gang violence and drug and alcohol staff development programs, county health departments, county and city law enforcement agencies, and other public and private agencies providing health, drug, alcohol, gang violence prevention, or other related services at the local level.
(d) Each school that chooses to utilize the provisions of this article related to in-service training in gang violence and drug and alcohol abuse prevention is encouraged to develop a single plan to strengthen its gang violence and drug and alcohol abuse prevention efforts. If a school develops or has developed a school improvement plan pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 52010) of Chapter 6 of Part 28, or a school safety plan pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 32280) of Chapter 2.5 of Part 19, it is encouraged to incorporate into that plan, where appropriate, the gang violence and drug and alcohol prevention plan that it has developed.
(e) The department shall consult with the Office of Emergency Services regarding gang violence. California Ed Code § 51265. Priority to Be Given to Gang Violence and Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention In-Service Training Programs
"Gang violence and drug and alcohol abuse prevention in-service training" for purposes of this article means the presentation of programs, instruction, and curricula that will help educators develop competencies in interacting in a positive manner with children and youth to assist them in developing the positive values, self-esteem, knowledge, and skills to lead productive, gang-free, and drug-free lives; develop knowledge of the causes of gang violence and substance abuse, and the properties and effects of tobacco, alcohol, narcotics, and dangerous drugs, including the risk of contracting acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) associated with intravenous drug use; receive training regarding available information and resources concerning gang violence and drug and alcohol abuse prevention as well as antigang and antisubstance abuse crime trends; develop familiarity with teaching social skills and resistance skills to children and youth; and develop skills in conducting effective education, which includes methods and techniques for helping children and youth to freely express ideas and opinions in a responsible manner and to understand the nature and consequences of their decisions as they relate to gang involvement and drug and alcohol abuse. California Ed Code § 51266. (Operation contingent) Model gang violence suppression and substance abuse prevention curriculum
(b) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop an independent evaluation of the pupil outcomes of the model gang violence suppression and substance abuse prevention curriculum program. California Ed Code § 51266.5. Use of curriculum in rural school settings
The Rural Gang Task Force Subcommittee provided for by Subdivision (g) of Section 13826.1 of the Penal Code, in collaboration with the Gang Violence Suppression Advisory Committee provided for by Subdivision (g) of Section 13826.1 of the Penal Code and the Office of Emergency Services, shall review the model gang violence suppression and substance abuse prevention curriculum for grades 2, 4, and 6, developed pursuant to Section 51266, and identify methods by which the curriculum can best be utilized in rural school settings. California Pen Code § 13826.65. (Operation contingent) Gang violence prevention curriculum; Prevention and intervention services
(g) Develop methods of assuring followup services for children receiving the initial gang violence prevention and intervention services. Colorado (view all subjects for this state)
Colorado § 22-1-120. Rights of Free Expression for Public School Students
(8) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the promulgation or enforcement of lawful school regulations designed to control gangs. For the purposes of this section, the definition of “gang” shall be the definition found in section 19-1-103(52), C.R.S. Connecticut (view all subjects for this state)
Connecticut § 10-233c. Suspension of Pupils
(a) Any local or regional board of education may authorize the administration of the schools under its direction to suspend from school privileges a pupil whose conduct on school grounds or at a school-sponsored activity is violative of a publicized policy of such board or is seriously disruptive of the educational process or endangers persons or property or whose conduct off school grounds is violative of such policy and is seriously disruptive of the educational process. In making a determination as to whether conduct is seriously disruptive of the educational process, the administration may consider, but such consideration shall not be limited to, (1) whether the incident occurred within close proximity of a school; (2) whether other students from the school were involved or whether there was any gang involvement; (3) whether the conduct involved violence, threats of violence, or the unlawful use of a weapon, as defined in Section 29-38, and whether any injuries occurred; and (4) whether the conduct involved the use of alcohol. Any such board may authorize the administration to suspend transportation services for a pupil whose conduct while awaiting or receiving transportation to and from school endangers persons or property or is violative of a publicized policy of such board. Unless an emergency exists, no pupil shall be suspended without an informal hearing by the administration, at which such pupil shall be informed of the reasons for the disciplinary action and given an opportunity to explain the situation, provided nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a more formal hearing from being held if the circumstances surrounding the incident so require, and further provided no pupil shall be suspended more than ten times or a total of fifty days in one school year, whichever results in fewer days of exclusion, unless such pupil is granted a formal hearing pursuant to sections 4-176e and 4-80a, inclusive, and section 4-181a. If an emergency situation exists, such hearing shall be held as soon after the suspension as possible. Connecticut § 10-233d. Expulsion of Pupils
(a)(1) Any local or regional board of education, at a meeting at which three or more members of such board are present, or the impartial hearing board established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, may expel, subject to the provisions of this subsection, any pupil in grades three to twelve, inclusive, whose conduct on school grounds or at a school-sponsored activity is violative of a publicized policy of such board or is seriously disruptive of the educational process or endangers persons or property or whose conduct off school grounds is violative of such policy and is seriously disruptive of the educational process, provided a majority of the board members sitting in the expulsion hearing vote to expel and that at least three affirmative votes for expulsion are cast. In making a determination as to whether conduct is seriously disruptive of the educational process, the board of education or impartial hearing board may consider, but such consideration shall not be limited to, (A) whether the incident occurred within close proximity of a school; (B) whether other students from the school were involved or whether there was any gang involvement; (C) whether the conduct involved violence, threats of violence, or the unlawful use of a weapon, as defined in section 29-38, and whether any injuries occurred; and (D) whether the conduct involved the use of alcohol. Delaware (view all subjects for this state)
Delaware 14 § 4123A. School Bullying Prevention and Criminal Youth Gang Detection Training
(a) Each school district and charter school shall ensure that its public school employees receive combined training each year totaling 1 hour in the identification and reporting of criminal youth gang activity pursuant to § 617 of Title 11 and bullying prevention pursuant to § 4112D of this title. The training materials shall be prepared by the Department of Justice and the Department of Education in collaboration with law enforcement agencies, the Delaware State Education Association, the Delaware School Boards Association, and the Delaware Association of School Administrators. District of Columbia (view all subjects for this state)
District of Columbia § 5-132.01. Definitions
(3) “School resource officer” means a sworn MPD officer assigned to DCPS or public charter schools for the purpose of working in collaboration with DCPS, public charter schools, and community-based organizations to:
(B) Address crime and disorder, gang, and drug activity problems affecting or occurring in or around the schools tow hich the school resource officer is assigned District of Columbia § 5-132.02. Establishment of the Metropolitan Police Department School Safety Division; Functions of the School Safety Division
(a) There is established within the Metropolitan Police Department a School Safety Division that shall provide security for the District of Columbia Public Schools.
(b) The School Safety Division shall be headed by a Director, appointed by, and reporting to, the Chief of Police with rank equal to a Commander or above.
(d)(1) The School Safety Division shall develop a plan to be implemented before the beginning of each DCPS school year for protecting children walking to and from DCPS and public charter schools and for protecting children from gang and crew violence on, in, and around DCPS and public charter schools' property. Beginning in 2009, this plan shall be provided to the Mayor, the Council, and the Chancellor, by August 15th of each year.
(2) The plan shall include a description of:
(A) Safety issues children may face during passage to and from school, and recommended solutions to these issues; and
(B) A description of specific gang and crew conflicts and recommended solutions for the protection of children from gang and crew violence on, in, and around DCPS and public charter schools property. District of Columbia § 5-132.03. Training for School Security Personnel
The School Safety Division shall develop a training curriculum for all school security personnel providing security for DCPS. The curriculum shall be focused on training supervisory and on-site personnel so that they will provide appropriate security procedures for the various socioeconomic conditions at each educational facility. The curriculum shall include training in the following areas:
(9) Gang and crew violence prevention. District of Columbia § 5-132.21. School Safe Passage Emergency Zones
(C) Whether the person is identified by an officer as a member of a gang or association which engages in assault-related offenses, crimes of violence, or dangerous crimes. Georgia (view all subjects for this state)
Georgia § 20-8-6. Reports of criminal gang activity on or adjacent to campus
Each educational facility which employs campus policemen, including institutions of the University System of Georgia, shall report to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and to the local law enforcement agency incidents of criminal gang activity as defined by Code Section 16-15-3 which occur on or adjacent to the campus of such educational facility. Illinois (view all subjects for this state)
Illinois § 105 ILCS 5/10-21.4a. Principals and Assistant Principals—Duties
It shall also be the responsibility of the principal to utilize resources of proper law enforcement agencies when the safety and welfare of students and teachers are threatened by illegal use of drugs and alcohol, by illegal use or possession of weapons, or by illegal gang activity. Illinois § 105 ILCS 5/22-20. [Report by law enforcement agencies]
All courts and law enforcement agencies of the State of Illinois and its political subdivisions shall report to the principal of any public school in this State whenever a child enrolled therein is detained for proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, as heretofore and hereafter amended, or for any criminal offense, including illegal gang activity, or any violation of a municipal or county ordinance. The report shall include the basis for detaining the child, circumstances surrounding the events which led to the child's detention, and status of proceedings. The report shall be updated as appropriate to notify the principal of developments and the disposition of the matter.
The information derived thereby shall be kept separate from and shall not become a part of the official school record of such child and shall not be a public record. Such information shall be used solely by the appropriate school official or officials whom the school has determined to have a legitimate educational or safety interest to aid in the proper rehabilitation of the child and to protect the safety of students and employees in the school. Illinois § 720 ILCS 5/12-6.4. Criminal Street Gang Recruitment on School Grounds or Public Property Adjacent to School Grounds and Criminal Street Gang Recruitment of a Minor
"Telecommunications device" means a device that is capable of receiving or transmitting speech, data, signals, text, images, sounds, codes, or other information including, but not limited to, paging devices, telephones, and cellular and mobile telephones. Indiana (view all subjects for this state)
Indiana § 5-2-10.1-2. Purpose -- Source of Money -- Grants.
(a) The Indiana safe schools fund is established to do the following:
(B) purchase of other equipment and materials used to enhance the safety of schools.
(6) Provide educational outreach to school personnel and training to school safety specialists and school resource officers concerning:
(C) intervention in; criminal organization activities.
(7) Provide grants for school wide programs to improve school climate and professional development and training for school personnel concerning:
(A) alternatives to suspension and expulsion; and
(B) evidence based practices that contribute to a positive school environment, including classroom management skills, positive behavioral intervention and support, restorative practices, and social emotional learning.
(2) A safe haven grant requested under section 10 [IC 5-2-10.1-10] of this chapter.
(3) A safe haven grant requested under section 7 [IC 5-2-10.1-7]of this chapter.
(d) Upon recommendation of the council, the institute shall establish a method for determining the maximum amount a grant recipient may receive under this section. Indiana § 5-2-10.1-11. School Safety Specialist Training and Certification Program
(a) The school safety specialist training and certification program is established.
(2) information concerning best practices and available resources; for school safety specialists and county school safety commissions.
(2) Develop an appropriate curriculum and the standards for the school safety specialist training and certification program. The department of education may consult with national school safety experts in developing the curriculum and standards. The curriculum developed under this subdivision must include training in:
(A) identifying, preventing, and intervening in bullying; and
(B) identifying, preventing, and intervening in criminal organization activity.
(3) Present a certificate to each school safety specialist Indiana § 5-2-10.1-12. Safe school committees to be established
(a) Each school corporation shall establish a safe school committee. The committee may be a subcommittee of the committee that develops the strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan under IC 20-31-5. Each committee may include at least one (1) member who is a member of the support staff of the school or school corporation career and technical education school.
(b) The department of education, the school corporation's school safety specialist, and, upon request, a school resource officer (as described in IC 20-26-18.2-1) shall provide materials and guidelines to assist a safe school committee in developing a plan and policy for the school that addresses the following issues:
(1) Unsafe conditions, crime prevention, school violence, bullying, criminal organization activity, and other issues that prevent the maintenance of a safe school.
(c) As a part of the plan developed under subsection (b), each safe school committee shall provide a copy of the floor plans for each building located on the school's property that clearly indicates each exit, the interior rooms and hallways, and the location of any hazardous materials located in the building to the law enforcement agency and the fire department that have jurisdiction over the school. Indiana § 20-18-2-2.8. "Criminal gang" defined.
“Criminal gorganization” has the meaning set forth in IC 35-45-9-1. Indiana § 20-19-3-12. Duties of department.
(a) The department, in collaboration with the Indiana criminal justice institute, the department of child services, the center for evaluation and education policy at Indiana University, the state police department, and any organization that has expertise in providing criminal organization education, prevention, or intervention that the department determines to be appropriate, shall:
(1) identify or develop evidence based model educational materials on criminal organization activity; and
(2) develop and maintain a model policy to address criminal organizations and criminal organization activity in schools.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2015, the department shall make the model policy developed under subsection (a)(2) available to assist schools in the development and implementation of a criminal organization policy.
(c) The model educational materials on criminal organization activity identified or developed under subsection (a)(1) must include information:
(1) to educate students and parents on the extent to which criminal organization activity exists;
(2) regarding the negative societal impact that criminal organizations have on the community;
(3) on methods to discourage participation in criminal organizations; and
(4) on methods of providing intervention to a child suspected of participating in criminal organization activity.
(d) The model criminal organization policy developed under subsection
(a)(2) must include:
(1) a statement prohibiting criminal organization activity in schools;
(2) a statement prohibiting reprisal or retaliation against an individual who reports suspected criminal organization activity;
(3) definitions of "criminal organization" as set forth in IC 35-45-9-1 and "criminal organization activity";
(4) model procedures for:
(A) reporting suspected criminal organization activity; and
(B) the prompt investigation of suspected criminal organization activity;
(5) information about the types of support services, including family support services, available for a student suspected of participating in criminal organization activity; and
(6) recommendations concerning criminal organization prevention and intervention services and programs for students that maximize community participation and the use of federal funding. Indiana § 20-26-18-1. Application of Chapter
This chapter applies to every school corporation and to a school city to which IC 20-25 applies. Indiana § 20-26-18-2. Written criminal gang policy.
(a) Not later than June 1, 2016, the governing body of each school corporation shall establish a written policy to address criminal organizations and criminal organization activity in schools. The governing body of a school corporation shall develop the policy in consultation with:
(1) parents;
(2) school employees;
(3) local law enforcement officials;
(4) the county prosecuting attorney;
(5) the county public defender;
(6) organizations that have expertise in criminal organization education, prevention, or intervention;
(7) a juvenile court judge;
(8) a school behavioral health or community mental health professional; and
(9) any other person or entity the governing body of the school corporation determines to be appropriate.
(b) The policy must meet all the requirements for the department's model criminal organization policy set forth in IC 20-19-3-12(d).
(c) Not later than September 1, 2016, each school corporation shall submit a copy of its criminal organization policy to the department. Indiana § 20-26-18-3. Publication of criminal gang policy.
A school corporation shall put a copy of the school corporation's criminal organization policy established under section 2 of this chapter:
(1) on its Internet web site;
(2) in school student handbooks; and
(3) in any location the Indiana § 20-26-18-4. Establishment of educational programs.
A school corporation shall establish the following educational programs in its efforts to address criminal organization activity:
(1) An evidence based educational criminal organization awareness program for students, school employees, and parents.
(2) A school employee development program to provide training to school employees in the implementation of the criminal organization policy established under section 2 [IC 20-26-18-2] of this chapter. Indiana § 20-26-18-5. Criminal gang intervention services.
To foster the continuing coordination of organization prevention, intervention, and suppression efforts, the governing body of a school corporation may establish a program to provide criminal organization intervention services to students. If a school corporation chooses to develop a program under this section, the governing body shall establish an advisory committee that includes the following members:
(2) School employees.
(3) Local law enforcement officials.
(4) The county prosecuting attorney.
(5) The county public defender.
(6) A juvenile court judge.
(7) A school behavioral health or community mental health professional.
(8) Representatives of organizations that have expertise in criminal organization education, prevention, or intervention.
(9) Any other person or entity the governing body determines is appropriate. Indiana § 20-26-18-6. Annual report.
(a) Not later than June 1, 2017, and before June 2 of each year thereafter, each school corporation shall submit to the department a written report, on forms developed by the department, outlining the activities undertaken as part of the school corporation's compliance with this chapter. The report must include school based data to monitor for disproportionality, with each school reporting the number of investigations disposed of internally and the number of cases referred to local law enforcement, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, age, and gender.
(b) Not later than November 1, 2017, and before November 2 of each year thereafter, the department shall submit a comprehensive report concerning criminal organization activity in schools to the governor and the general assembly. A report submitted to the general assembly under this subsection must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. The report must include the following:
(1) A summary of the activities reported to the department under subsection (a).
(2) Any recommendations or conclusions made by the department to assist in the prevention of, education about, and intervention in criminal organization activity in schools. Indiana § 20-33-9-10.5. Inapplicability to charter or accredited nonpublic school.
(a) This section does not apply to a charter school or an accredited nonpublic school.
(b) A school employee shall report any incidence of suspected criminal organization activity, criminal organization intimidation, or criminal organization recruitment to the principal and the school safety specialist.
(c) The principal and the school safety specialist may take appropriate action to maintain a safe and secure school environment, including providing appropriate intervention services. Iowa (view all subjects for this state)
2. The board of directors of a school district may adopt, for the district or for an individual school within the district, a dress code policy that prohibits students from wearing gang-related or other specific apparel if the board determines that the policy is necessary for the health, safety, or positive educational environment of students and staff in the school environment or for the appropriate discipline and operation of the school. Adoption and enforcement of a dress code policy is not a violation of section 280.22. Maryland (view all subjects for this state)
Maryland Criminal Law Code § 9-803. Criminal gang activity -- Schools (Amendment effective October 1, 2017.)
(a) Activities on or near school vehicles or property. -- A person may not threaten an individual, or a friend or family member of an individual, with or use physical violence to coerce, induce, or solicit the individual to participate in or prevent the individual from leaving a criminal gang:
(b) Applicability. -- Subsection (a) of this section applies whether or not:
(c) Penalties. -- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 4 years or a fine not exceeding $ 20,000 or both.
(d) Merger with § 9-802 conviction prohibited. -- Notwithstanding any other law, a conviction under this section may not merge with a conviction under § 9-802 of this subtitle. Maryland Education Code § 7-303. Arrest of Students and Reportable Offense
(k) On or before January 1, 2011, and each year thereafter, the Department shall submit a report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, on the implementation of State and local policies and regulations to address gangs, gang activity, and similar destructive or illegal group behavior described in this section. Michigan (view all subjects for this state)
Michigan § 380.1310a. Reports, Number of Pupils Expelled During School Year
(2) In order to obtain an accurate local and statewide picture of school crime and to develop the partnerships necessary to plan and implement school safety programs, at least annually, each school board shall report to the superintendent of public instruction, in the form and manner prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction, incidents of crime occurring at school within the school district. In determining the form and manner of this report, the superintendent of public instruction shall consult with local and intermediate school districts and law enforcement officials. The reporting shall include at least crimes involving physical violence; gang-related activity; illegal possession of a controlled substance or controlled substance analogue or other intoxicant; trespassing; and property crimes including, but not limited to, theft and vandalism. For a property crime, the report shall include an estimate of the cost to the school district resulting from the property crime. The school crime reporting requirements of this subsection are intended to do all of the following:
(d) Foster the creation of partnerships among schools, school districts, state agencies, communities, law enforcement, and the media to prevent further crime and violence and to assure a safe learning environment for every pupil. Mississippi (view all subjects for this state)
(f) [So in original bill. Probably should be “(d)”.] School Resource Officers (SROs) may serve in a variety of roles, including, but not limited to, that of a law enforcement officer/safety specialist, law-related educator, and problem-solver/community liaison. These officers may teach programs such as crime prevention, substance abuse prevention, and gang resistance as well as monitor and assist troubled students through mentoring programs. The School Resource Officer(s) may also identify physical changes in the environment that may reduce crime in and around the schools, as well as assist in developing school policies which address criminal activity and school safety. Mississippi § 37-11-55. Code of Student Conduct; Required Subjects to be Addressed
The local school board shall adopt and make available to all teachers, school personnel, students and parents or guardians, at the beginning of each school year, a code of student conduct developed in consultation with teachers, school personnel, students and parents or guardians. The code shall be based on the rules governing student conduct and discipline adopted by the school board and shall be made available at the school level in the student handbook or similar publication. The code shall include, but not be limited to:
(g) Policies and procedures specifically concerning gang-related activities in the school, on school property or vehicles, or at school-related activities. Missouri (view all subjects for this state)
Missouri § 160.530. Eligibility for state aid, allocation of funds to professional development committee--statewide areas of critical need, funds--success leads to success grant program created, purpose--listing of expenditures
1. Beginning with fiscal year 1994 and for all fiscal years thereafter, in order to be eligible for state aid distributed pursuant to section 163.031, a school district shall allocate one percent of moneys received pursuant to section 163.031, exclusive of categorical add-ons, to the professional development committee of the district as established in subdivision (1) of subsection 4 of section 168.400. Of the moneys allocated to the professional development committee in any fiscal year as specified by this subsection, seventy-five percent of such funds shall be spent in the same fiscal year for purposes determined by the professional development committee after consultation with the administrators of the school district and approved by the local board of education as meeting the objectives of a school improvement plan of the district that has been developed by the local board. Moneys expended for staff training pursuant to any provisions of this act shall not be considered in determining the requirements for school districts imposed by this subsection.
2. Beginning with fiscal year 1994 and for all fiscal years thereafter, eighteen million dollars shall be distributed by the commissioner of education to address statewide areas of critical need for learning and development, provided that such disbursements are approved by the joint committee on education as provided in subsection 5 of this section, and as determined by rule and regulation of the state board of education with the advice of [the advisory council provided by subsection 1 of section 168.015. The moneys described in this subsection may be distributed by the commissioner of education to colleges, universities, private associations, professional education associations, statewide associations organized for the benefit of members of boards of education, public elementary and secondary schools, and other associations and organizations that provide professional development opportunities for teachers, administrators, family literacy personnel and boards of education for the purpose of addressing statewide areas of critical need, provided that subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of this subsection shall constitute priority uses for such moneys. "Statewide areas of critical need for learning and development" shall include:
(11) Implementing and promoting programs to combat gang activity in urban areas of the state; Missouri § 161.650. Department to Identify and Adopt Violence Prevention Program, District to Administer—State Board to Adopt Violence Prevention Program—Duties—Administered How—Funding
New Jersey § 18A:35-4.26. Gang Violence Prevention Instruction
Each board of education that operates an educational program for elementary school students shall offer instruction in gang violence prevention and in ways to avoid membership in gangs. The instruction shall take place as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education, and the comprehensive health and physical education curriculum framework shall provide school districts with sample materials that may be used to support implementation of the instructional requirement. New Jersey § 52:17B-4.7. Gang Education Seminars for School Administrators; Exemption
a. The Attorney General shall develop and maintain, in coordination with the Commissioner of Education, a gang education seminar program to educate public and nonpublic school administrators on how to recognize signs of gang involvement or activity. A seminar shall be offered annually in each county and shall be held in the office of the county superintendent of schools or such other facility as the Attorney General or Commissioner of Education shall designate.
b. A superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, or other administrator employed by a public school district shall attend a gang education seminar offered pursuant to this section within the first year of initial employment as an administrator with a public school district. An administrator employed by a school district prior to the effective date [Oct.12, 2007] of this act shall attend the first seminar offered in the county subsequent to its enactment. A superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, or other administrator shall be exempt from the requirements of this section if that person has successfully completed a gang education seminar conducted by a public school district which is substantially equivalent to the seminar required pursuant to this section.
c. A gang education seminar offered pursuant to this section shall be open to all public and nonpublic school administrators. North Carolina (view all subjects for this state)
North Carolina § 14-50.27A. Dissemination of Criminal Intelligence Information
A law enforcement agency may disseminate an assessment of criminal intelligence information to the principal of a school when necessary to avoid imminent danger to the life of a student or employee of the school or to the public school property pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 23.20. The notification may be made in person or by telephone. As used in this subsection, the term "school" means any public or private school in the State under Chapter 115C of the General Statutes. Oklahoma (view all subjects for this state)
B. A school district employee or contractor who, in good faith and exercising due care in the making of a report pursuant to subsection A of this section, shall be granted immunity from all civil or criminal liability which might be incurred or imposed by making such report. Oregon (view all subjects for this state)
Oregon § 336.109. Policy to Reduce Gang Involvement, Violent Activities, and Drug Abuse
(1) After consultation with appropriate agencies and officials, including the Department of Education, each school district is encouraged to develop and adopt a comprehensive policy to reduce gang involvement, violent activities, and drug abuse by public school students in the school district, including but not limited to:
(A) The nature and extent of gang involvement, violent activities, and drug abuse by public school students of the school district and (B) The impact of gang involvement, violent activities, and drug abuse on the ability of public schools in the school district to meet curriculum requirements and improve the attendance of public school students.
(b) A statement that emphasizes the need to reduce gang involvement, violent activities, and drug abuse by public school students.
(c) Strategies to reduce gang involvement, violent activities, and drug abuse by students of the school district considering the needs of the public school students.
(e) Strategies to inform the teachers of the school district, the parents of public school students, and the public about the policy the school district developed pursuant to this section.
(2) As used in this section, "gang" means a group that identifies itself through the use of a name; unique appearance or language, including hand signs; the claiming of geographical territory; or the espousing of a distinctive belief system that frequently results in criminal activity. Rhode Island (view all subjects for this state)
(1) There is greater threat to public safety resulting from gang- and drug-related activity in and near Rhode Island's inner cities.
(2) Young people, especially at-risk youth, are more vulnerable to gang and drug-related activity during the potentially unsupervised hours between the end of school and the time their parents or guardians return home from work.
(3) Without local prevention and treatment efforts, hard drugs will continue to threaten and destroy families and communities in and near the inner cities. Drug-related violence may then escalate dramatically in every community and thereby burden the criminal justice system to the point that it cannot function effectively.
(4) It is the intent of the Legislature that a pilot program, the "After School Alternative Program" (ASAP), be established and implemented within a specified Rhode Island community. This community program would utilize the public schools, businesses, and community facilities to provide supportive programs and activities to young people during the time between the end of school and the return home of their parents or guardians (from approximately 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.). Rhode Island § 42-26-19.1. After-School Alternative Program—Purpose—Duration
(a) There is hereby created within the Rhode Island justice commission, a pilot program known as the "After School Alternative Program" (ASAP). The establishment of the pilot program pursuant to this section shall be contingent upon the availability and receipt of federal and/or private funding for this purpose. The goal of the pilot program shall be to reduce gang activity and drug-related crime in and near the targeted schools, businesses, and community sites. This shall be accomplished by coordinating the efforts of community-based organizations, public schools, law enforcement officials, parents, and business leaders in participating communities to prevent the illicit activities of current and potential gang members and drug users by making alternative activities available. These activities may be provided at school or community sites and may include:
(1) Recreational, arts, crafts, computer, or academic tutorial programs.
(3) Presentations by law enforcement officials and informal get-togethers.
(b) A Rhode Island community may elect to participate in the pilot project established pursuant to Subdivision (a) by establishing an ASAP program. The community may be any designated area that contains up to two (2) public high schools and feeder schools, as well as active business enterprises and a viable local community-based organization.
(c) The community shall submit its program to the gang violence prevention advisory committee for review. The committee upon receipt of all programs from applying communities shall select one project to receive funding. The project selected shall receive funding for one calendar year from the date of selection. All rules and regulations for application, review, and award shall be promulgated by the committee.
(d) This section shall remain operative only until June 30, 2000, and is repealed on that date unless a later enacted statute extends that date. South Carolina (view all subjects for this state)
South Carolina § 59-40-111. Charter school, Alternative Education Campus
(A) For purposes of this chapter, an Alternative Education Campus (AEC) is any charter school with an explicit mission as outlined in its charter to serve an enrolled student population with:
(3) eighty-five percent or more of enrolled students meeting the definition of a 'high-risk' student including students who:
(e) have documented histories of personal street gang involvement or who have immediate family members with documented histories of street gang involvement; Tennessee (view all subjects for this state)
Tennessee § 49-1-214. Advisory Guidelines for Safe Learning Environments
(a) The commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of safety, shall develop advisory guidelines for LEAs to use in developing safe and secure learning environments in schools by January 1, 1997. Such guidelines shall emphasize consultation at the local level with appropriate law enforcement authorities.
(b) The department of education may prepare and distribute to LEAs guidelines for incorporating into local staff development and in-service training the materials and speakers necessary to help educators reduce gang and individual violence, to assist in drug and alcohol abuse prevention, and to provide educators with the tools for nonintrusive identification of potentially violent individuals in and around schools. The department may, upon request, assist LEAs in developing comprehensive violence, drug and alcohol abuse prevention in-service training programs. Department guidelines shall encourage the sharing of resources, the development of joint or collaborative programs, and the coordination of efforts with local health departments, county and city law enforcement agencies, and other public agencies providing health, drug, alcohol, gang violence prevention, and other related services. Tennessee § 49-6-1027. Gang Awareness Education; Elementary and Middle School
Each LEA, in consultation with local law enforcement, shall annually evaluate the threat to and influence on school children by gangs in the community. If the LEA finds that there is a substantial threat to or influence on school children by gangs, then the LEA shall institute gang awareness education for elementary and middle school students and their parents in schools in neighborhoods with gang activity or the potential for gang activity. The purpose of such curriculum shall be to strengthen students' abilities to resist engagement in gangs and gang-like activities and to help parents guide their children away from gangs and gang influence by providing information and understanding of gangs and gang activities. The curriculum for elementary and middle school students shall be a part of the regular curriculum of such schools. The Department of Education shall assist LEAs in development of curricula appropriate to each LEA's circumstances. Tennessee § 49-6-4215. Criminal Gang Activity; Rules
Texas Edu. Code § 37.110. Information Regarding Gang-Free Zones
The superintendent of each public school district and the administrator of each private elementary or secondary school located in the public school district shall ensure that the student handbook for each campus in the public school district includes information on gang-free zones and the consequences of engaging in organized criminal activity within those zones. Texas Edu. Code § 51.973. Information Regarding Gang-Free Zones
The governing board of each institution of higher education shall ensure that any student handbook or similar publication for the institution includes information on gang-free zones and the consequences of engaging in organized criminal activity within those zones. Texas Educ. Code § 37.121. Fraternities, Sororities, Secret Societies, and Gangs
(b) A school district board of trustees or an educator shall recommend placing in an alternative education program any student under the person’s control who violates Subsection (a).
(d) In this section, "public school fraternity, sorority, secret society, or gang" means an organization composed wholly or in part of students of public primary or secondary schools that seeks to perpetuate itself by taking in additional members from the students enrolled in school on the basis of the decision of its membership rather than on the free choice of a student in the school who is qualified by the rules of the school to fill the special aims of the organization. The term does not include an agency for public welfare, including Boy Scouts, Hi-Y, Girl Reserves, DeMolay, Rainbow Girls, Pan-American Clubs, scholarship societies, or other similar educational organizations sponsored by state or national education authorities. Texas Hum. Res. Code § 42.064. [Expires September 1, 2015] Information Regarding Gang-Free Zones
Each day-care center shall, in accordance with rules adopted by the executive commissioner, distribute to parents and guardians of children who attend the center information on gang-free zones and the consequences of engaging in organized criminal activity within those zones. Texas Penal Code § 71.028. Gang-Free Zones
(ii) Money for the gang prevention and intervention program shall be distributed to school districts and charter schools through a request for proposals process. Virginia (view all subjects for this state)
11. Recruitment of other juveniles for a criminal street gang activity pursuant to Section 18.2-46.3; or Virginia § 18.2-46.3:3. Enhanced Punishment for Gang Activity Taking Place in a Gang-Free Zone; Penalties
Any person who violates § 18.2-46.2 (i) upon the property, including buildings and grounds, of any public or private elementary, secondary, or postsecondary school, or any public or private two-year or four-year institution of higher education; (ii) upon public property or any property open to public use within 1,000 feet of such school property; (iii) on any school bus as defined in § 46.2-100; or (iv) upon the property, including buildings and grounds, of any publicly owned or operated community center or any publicly owned or operated recreation center is guilty of a felony punishable as specified in § 18.2-46.2, and shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of two years to be served consecutively with any other sentence. A person who violates subsection A of § 18.2-46.3 upon any property listed in this section is guilty of a Class 6 felony, except that any person 18 years of age or older who violates subsection A of § 18.2-46.3 upon any property listed in this section, when such offense is committed against a juvenile, is guilty of a Class 5 felony. Any person who violates subsection B of § 18.2-46.3 upon any property listed in this section is guilty of a Class 5 felony. It is a violation of this section if the person violated § 18.2-46.2 or 18.2-46.3 on the property described in clauses (i) through (iii) regardless of where the person intended to commit such violation. Virginia § 19.2-83.1. Report of Arrest of School Employees and Adult Students for Certain Offenses
10. Prohibited criminal street gang activity pursuant to Section 18.2-46.2; or
11. Recruitment of juveniles for criminal street gang pursuant to Section 18.2-46.3. Virginia § 22.1-199.5. After School Programs for At-Risk Students
Local funds appropriated for K through 12 education may be used to support such after-school programs. Virginia § 22.1-279.6. Board of Education Guidelines and Model Policies for Codes of Student Conduct; School Board Regulations
A. The Board of Education shall establish guidelines and develop model policies for codes of student conduct to aid local school boards in the implementation of such policies. The guidelines and model policies shall include, but not be limited to, (i) criteria for the removal of a student from a class, the use of suspension, expulsion, and exclusion as disciplinary measures, the grounds for suspension and expulsion and exclusion, and the procedures to be followed in such cases, including proceedings for such suspension, expulsion, and exclusion decisions and all applicable appeals processes; (ii) standards, consistent with state, federal and case laws, for school board policies on alcohol and drugs, gang-related activity, hazing, vandalism, trespassing, threats, search and seizure, disciplining of students with disabilities, intentional injury of others, self-defense, bullying, the use of electronic means for purposes of bullying, harassment, and intimidation, and dissemination of such policies to students, their parents, and school personnel; and (iii) standards for in-service training of school personnel in and examples of the appropriate management of student conduct and student offenses in violation of school board policies. Washington (view all subjects for this state)
Washington § 28A.225.225. Applications From School Employees' Children, Nonresident Students, or Students Receiving Home-Based Instruction to Attend District School—Acceptance and Rejection Standards—Notification
For purposes of subsections (2)(a) and (4)(b) of this section, “gang” means a group which: (i) Consists of three or more persons; (ii) has identifiable leadership; and (iii) on an ongoing basis, regularly conspires and acts in concert mainly for criminal purposes.
(5) The district shall provide to applicants written notification of the approval or denial of the application in a timely manner. If the application is rejected, the notification shall include the reason or reasons for denial and the right to appeal under RCW 28A.225.230(3). Washington § 28A.300.490. Task Force on Gangs in Schools—Reports.
(1) A task force on gangs in schools is created to examine current adult and youth gang activities that are affecting school safety. The task force shall work under the guidance of the superintendent of public instruction school safety center, the school safety center advisory committee, and the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.
(3) Beginning December 1, 2007, the task force shall annually report its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the legislature. Washington § 28A.600.455. Gang Activity—Suspension or Expulsion
(1) A student who is enrolled in a public school or an alternative school may be suspended or expelled if the student is a member of a gang and knowingly engages in gang activity on school grounds.
(2) "Gang" means a group which (a) consists of three or more persons; (b) has identifiable leadership; and (c) on an ongoing basis, regularly conspires and acts in concert mainly for criminal purposes.