5530 - DRUG PREVENTION
In implementing Policy 5530, appropriate District personnel and resources will be assigned to accomplish the following:
- emphasize the prevention of drug use;
- provide for a comprehensive, age-appropriate, developmentally-based drug and alcohol education and prevention program which:
- addresses the legal, social, psychological, and health consequences of drug and alcohol use;
- provides information about effective techniques for resisting peer pressure to use illicit drugs and alcohol;
- assists students to develop skills to make responsible decisions about substance abuse and other important health issues;
- promotes positive emotional health, self-esteem, and respect for one's body;
- meets the minimal objectives as stated in the essential performance objectives for health education as established by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction;
- include a statement to students that the use of illicit drugs and the unlawful possession and use of alcohol is wrong and harmful;
- provide standards of conduct that are applicable to all students which clearly prohibit, at a minimum, the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol by students on school premises or as a part of any school activity;
- include a clear statement that disciplinary sanctions, up to and including expulsion and referral for prosecution, will be imposed on students who violate the school standards of conduct and a description of those sanctions;
The sanctions may include, together with punitive action, voluntary referral to appropriate persons or agencies for screening and assessment. Such referral may only be made to qualified and properly licensed individuals or programs. - provide information about any drug and alcohol counseling and rehabilitation and reentry programs available to students and provide procedures to direct students and their parents to the appropriate programs;
- require that all parents and students be given a copy of the standards of conduct regarding the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol by students;
- require the notification to parents and students that compliance with the standards of conduct is mandatory;
- provide a biennial review of the School District's program to determine its effectiveness and implement changes as needed and to ensure that disciplinary sanctions are consistently enforced;
- provide for a student assistance program which includes guidelines for preventive, intervention, referral, treatment, and after-care. Such a program must be comprehensive in nature addressing all issues affecting students' academic, social, and emotional well being in the educational setting which may negatively affect behavior and interfere with their ability to learn;
- establish means for dealing with students suspected of drug use or suspected of possessing or distributing drugs in school and ensure that the District's Policy 5610 and Policy 5771 and AG 5610 and AG 5771 on Search and Seizure and Suspension and Expulsion are complied with fully.
Professional staff members are not liable for referring a student to law enforcement or for removing a student from school premises or from participation in a school-related activity for suspicion of possession, distribution, or consumption of any alcoholic beverage or a controlled substance.
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