POLICY GOVERNING STUDENT CONDUCT

The School Committee shall establish and the Superintendent will publish written rules governing the conduct of public school students under its jurisdiction.

The following terms as used in these rules and regulations shall have the following meanings:

a.       “Student” shall mean any person enrolled in school under the jurisdiction of the Chicopee School Committee.

b.       “Parent/Guardian” shall mean any student’s parent or guardian until such time as a student, eighteen (l8) years of age or older, requests, in writing, that any or all of the rights and provisions of these rules and regulations shall no longer extend to such parent or guardian.

Every student, whether older or younger than sixteen (16) years of age, shall have the right to attend public schools in Chicopee, subject to written rules and regulations of the School Committee.

The rules and regulations set forth in this Discipline Code shall apply to any student who is on school property, who is in attendance at school or at any school sponsored activity, or whose conduct at any time or any place interferes with or obstructs the missions or operations of the school district or the safety or the welfare of students or employees.

The rules, regulations and sanctions set forth in this Discipline Code do not supersede any judicial action that may be taken by the appropriate authority of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Any action taken by the City of Chicopee School Department under this code does not preclude action by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which means that the City of Chicopee School Department cannot impose a sanction under these Rules and Regulations.