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Waller Independent School District2012-2013 Parent/Student Handbook & Code of ConductNotification of Law ViolationsThe district is required by state law to notify:‣ All instructional and support personnel who have responsibility for supervising a student whohas been taken into custody, arrested, or referred to the juvenile court for any felony offense orfor certain misdemeanors.‣ All instructional and support personnel who have regular contact with a student who is thoughtto have committed certain offenses or who has been convicted, received deferred prosecution,received deferred adjudication, or was adjudicated for delinquent conduct for any felonyoffense or certain misdemeanors.‣ All appropriate district personnel in regards to a student who is required to register as a sexoffender.Penal CodeReferences to the Texas Penal Code are to define offenses only. In order to be punished under theStudent Code of Conduct, it is not necessary for the student to be charged or convicted under the PenalCode. The laws of the criminal courts, including definitions of “usable amount” do not apply to studentdiscipline. Copies of any statute or code referred to in this handbook are available in the principal’soffice or on the Internet at http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/.PossessionBeing in a student’s locker, purse, gym bag or in any other item owned by or belonging to the student,on the student’s person, or in a car driven by or occupied by the student or items found in a car parkedon school property or at a school activity.School Resource OfficersSchool Resource Officers (SRO) provides law enforcement, mentoring, and instruction on various childsafety and crime prevention topics to students and staff throughout Waller ISD. The officers are HarrisCounty Sheriff’s Deputies whose services are provided through an interlocal agency contract. Other lawenforcement agencies may also provide services as needed.SearchesThe school administrators, including District police officers, have the right to search a student’s desk,locker, purse, gym bag, backpack, any other item carried or possessed by a student, the student’sperson, pockets, or car upon reasonable suspicion.Sending Student to PrincipalA teacher may send a student to the principal’s office “to maintain effective discipline in the classroom”.The principal shall respond by employing appropriate discipline management techniques consistent withthe Student Code of Conduct (i.e. informal removal).Serious MisbehaviorThe Board’s designee may conclude that a student is guilty of serious misbehavior if the student hascommitted an offense included in Level III or Level IV offenses in the Student Code of Conduct; or mayconclude the student is guilty of persistent misbehavior if the student has committed two or more ofany of the Level II offenses in the Student Code of Conduct.Serious Misbehavior while in DAEPSerious misbehavior while in DAEP is considered as:‣ Deliberate violent behavior that poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others;Page 82 of 84
Waller Independent School District2012-2013 Parent/Student Handbook & Code of Conduct‣ Extortion, meaning the gaining of money or other property by force or threat;‣ Conduct that constitutes coercion, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code; or‣ Conduct that constitutes the offense of:o Public lewdness under Section 21.07, Penal Code;o Indecent exposure under Section 21.08; Penal Code;o Criminal mischief under Section 28.03; Penal Code;o Personal hazing under Section 37.152; oro Harassment under Section 42.07(a)(1), Penal Code, of a student or district employeeSuspensionThe principal or other appropriate administrator may suspend a student who engages in conduct forwhich the student may be placed in an alternative education program under the Texas Education CodeChapter 37, Subchapter A. A suspension may not exceed three school days.Texas Education CodeReferences to the Texas Education Code (TEC) are from Subtitle G Safe Schools, Chapter 37 Discipline;Law and Order. Each campus principal and assistant principal has a copy and it is available on theInternet.Ticketing of StudentsIn addition to school disciplinary action, students may also be ticketed by law enforcement for Class Cmisdemeanor offenses, including but not limited to minor thefts, minor criminal mischief, simpleassault, disorderly conduct, disruption of class, disruption or transportation, minor in possession ofalcohol, possession of alcohol or tobacco on school property and trespassing on school property.Notification from the court will be mailed to the student’s parent when a juvenile is issued a citation. Ajuvenile’s attendance in court, with a parent, is mandatory. A juvenile’s failure to appear in court maycause their drivers license application to be flagged by the Texas Department of Public Safety,preventing the issuance of a driver’s license when an application is submitted.The ticketing of students by law enforcement or the filing of other charges may not occur on the date ofthe offense. This could include, but not be limited to the following reasons; an ongoing investigation,gathering of statements, scheduled school holiday, illness/absence of the officer, absence/illness of thestudent(s) involved, or the later presentation of evidence to the District Attorney’s office.Charges for misdemeanors may be filed for a period of up to 2 years after an offense has occurred.Felony charges may be filed beyond the 2-year period, depending on the nature of the offense.Title V Offenses, Texas Penal CodeConduct defined as a felony offense in Title V of the Texas Penal Code include criminal homicide,murder, capital murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, false imprisonment, kidnapping,aggravated kidnapping, indecency with a child, elderly individual or a disabled individual, abandoning orendangering a child, deadly conduct, terroristic threat, aiding suicide, and tampering with a consumerproduct.TrespassingBeing on other than home campuses, or being on any campus if expelled or suspended or placed in theDisciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) at the Waller School.Page 83 of 84
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