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AR 601.4Page 4 of 24EXPULSION/DUE PROCESSAdministrative Regulation19. Hazing means a method of initiation or pre-initiation into a pupil organization or body,whether or not the organization or body is officially recognized by an educationalinstitution, which is likely to cause serious bodily injury or personal degradation or disgraceresulting in physical or mental harm to a former, current, or prospective pupil. Hazing doesnot include athletic events or school-sanctioned events (Education Code Section 48900(q)).20. Engaged in an act of bullying, including, but not limited to, bullying by means of anelectronic act, directed toward a pupil or school personnel (Education Code Section48900(r)).21. Bullying means one or more acts by a pupil or group of pupils that constitute sexualharassment pursuant to Education Code Section 48900.2, as defined in item #24 below; hateviolence pursuant to Education Code Section 48900.3, as defined in item #25 below; orharassment, threats, or intimidation pursuant to Education Code Section 48900.4, as definedin item #26 below (Education Code Section 32261).22. Electronic act means the transmission of a communication, including, but not limited to, amessage, text, sound, or image by means of an electronic device, including, but not limitedto, a telephone, wireless telephone, or other wireless communication device, computer, orpager (Education Code Section 32261).23. Made terroristic threats against school officials or school property, or both as defined inEducation Code Section 48900.7 Subsection “b” (Education Code Section 48900.7(a)).24. A terrorist threat includes any written or oral statement by a person who willfully threatensto commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, orproperty damage in excess of $1,000, with the specific intent that the statement is to betaken as a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out (Education CodeSection 48900.7).25. Assault or battery upon any school employee (Education Code Section 48915 (a)(5)).Assault is an unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability to commit a violent injury onthe person of another (Penal Code Section 240). Battery is any willful and unlawful use offorce or violence upon the person of another (Penal Code Section 242).26. Possession of an explosive as defined in the Title 18, United States Code Section 921.27. Causing serious physical injury to another person, except in self-defense (Education CodeSection 48915(a)(1)).28. Brandishing a knife at another person (Education Code Section 48915(c)(1)).