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- HANDBOOK CHAPTERS
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CHAPTER 1: Introductory Information and General Notices
- 1.00 - School Operations During a Pandemic or Other Health Emergency
- 1.20 - Student Handbook Acknowledgement
- 1.30 - General Information
- 1.40 - Visitors
- 1.50 - Equal Educational Opportunities and Sex Equity
- 1.60 - Animals on School Property
- 1.70 - School Volunteers
- 1.80 - Invitations and Gifts [PK-8]
- 1.85 - Treats and Snacks [PK-8]
- 1.90 - Emergency School Closings
- 1.100 - Video and Audio Monitoring System
- 1.110 - Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities
- 1.120 - Students with Food Allergies
- 1.130 - Care of Students with Diabetes
- 1.140 - Suicide and Depression Awareness and Prevention
- 1.150 - Accommodating Breastfeeding Students
- 1.170 - Student Appearance
- 1.180 - Awareness and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse, Grooming Behaviors, and Boundary Violations
- 1.185 - Faith's Law Notifications
- 1.190 - Prevention of Anaphylaxis
- 1.200 - Sexual Abuse Response and Prevention Resource Guide
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CHAPTER 2: Attendance, Promotion and Graduation
- 2.10 - Attendance
- 2.20 - Student Absences
- 2.30 - Release Time for Religious Instruction and Observation
- 2.40 - Make-Up Work
- 2.50 - Truancy
- 2.60 - Grading and Promotion
- 2.70 - Homework
- 2.80 - Exemption from PE Requirements
- 2.90 - Credit for Proficiency, Non-District Experiences, Course Substitutions and AP
- 2.100 - Home and Hospital Instruction
- 2.110 - Early Graduation [HS]
- 2.120 - Graduation Requirements [HS]
- 2.130 Complaints About Curriculum, Instructional Materials and Programs
- CHAPTER 3: Student Fees and Meal Costs
- CHAPTER 4: Transportation and Parking
- CHAPTER 5: Health and Safety
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CHAPTER 6: Discipline and Conduct
- 6.10 - General Building Conduct
- 6.20 - School Dress Code
- 6.30 - Student Behavior
- 6.35 - Suspension Procedures
- 6.37 - Expulsion Procedures
- 6.40 - Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation and Harassment
- 6.45 Sexual Harassment and Teen Dating Violence Prohibited
- 6.50 - Cafeteria Rules
- 6.60 - Field Trips
- 6.70 - Access to Student Social Networking Passwords and Websites
- 6.80 - Student Use of Electronic Devices
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CHAPTER 7: Internet, Technology and Publications
- 7.10 - Acceptable Use of the District's Electronic Networks
- 7.20 - Guidelines for Student Distribution of Non-School Publications
- 7.25 - Guidelines for School-Sponsored Publications, Productions and Websites [HS]
- 7.27 - Access to Non-School Sponsored Publications
- 7.40 - Parent Notice: Educational Technology Vendors > Student Online Personal Protection Act
- 7.50 - Use of Artificial Intelligence
- CHAPTER 8: Search and Seizure
- CHAPTER 9: Athletics and Extracurricular Activities
- CHAPTER 10: Special Education
- CHAPTER 11: Student Records and Privacy
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CHAPTER 12: Parental Right Notifications
- 12.10 - Teacher Qualifications
- 12.20 - Standardized Testing
- 12.30 - Homeless Child's Right to Education
- 12.40 - Sex Education Instruction
- 12.60 - English Learners
- 12.70 - School Visitation Rights
- 12.80 - Pesticide Application Notice
- 12.90 - Mandated Reporter
- 12.100 - Unsafe School Choice Option
- 12.105 - Student Privacy
- 12.110 - Sex Offender Notification Law
- 12.120 - Violent Offender Community Notification
- 12.130 - Parent Notices Required by the Every Student Succeeds Act
- 12.140 - Uniform Grievance Procedure
- APPENDIX - Elementary School Items
- APPENDIX - Middle School Items
- APPENDIX - High School Items
7.25 - Guidelines for School-Sponsored Publications, Productions and Websites [HS]
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School-sponsored publications, productions and websites are governed by the Speech Rights of Student Journalists Act, school board policies and the student/parent handbook. Student journalists are responsible for determining the news, opinion, feature, and advertising content of those publications, productions, and websites.
Student journalists must:- Make decisions based upon news value and guided by the Code of Ethics provided by the Society of Professional Journalists, National Scholastic Press Association, Journalism Education Association, or other relevant group;
- Produce media based upon professional standards of accuracy, objectivity, and fairness;
- Review material to improve sentence structure, grammar, spelling, and punctuation;
- Check and verify all facts and verify the accuracy of all quotations;
- In the use of personal opinions, editorial statements, and/or letters to the editor, provide opportunity and space for the expression of differing opinions within the same media to align with the District’s media literacy curriculum mandate; and
- Include an author’s name with any personal opinions and editorial statements, if appropriate.
Student journalists may not create, produce, or distribute school sponsored media that:
- Is libelous, slanderous, or obscene;
- Constitutes an unwanted invasion of privacy;
- Violates Federal or State law, including the constitutional rights of third parties; or
- Incites students to (a) commit an unlawful act; (b) violate any school district policy or student handbook procedure; or (c) materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operations of the school.
The District will not engage in prior restraint of material prepared by student journalists for school-sponsored media, unless the material fits into one of the four prohibited categories listed above, in which case the Building Principal and/or student media advisers may review, edit, and delete such media material before publication or distribution of the media.
No expression made by students in the exercise of freedom of speech or freedom of the press under this policy shall be deemed to be an expression of the School, District or an expression of Board policy
Cross-reference:
Round Lake Area Schools Community Unit District 116 Policy, 7:315, Restrictions on Publications; High Schools