1. Promotes school safety and a healthy environment.
2. Reduce violence and drug activity in schools.
3. Reduce dangerous incidents.
4. Students will know the consequences for their actions.
5. Promotes Discipline.
6. Each child is on the same level.
100
What is a negative of Zero tolerance?
1.Some may not know the punishments
2.Possibly punishing the wrong person
3.Unfair punishments for different crimes
4.May actually make things worse for kids
100
What is zero tolerance?
applying laws or penalties to even minor infringements of a code to ensure and maintain control over violence in schools of any kind. (basically)
100
What are smart items ( think weapons) for schools to prohibit?
Guns, Bombs and Knives
200
What does zero tolerance protect students from?
Guns
Knives
Explosives
Alcohol
Drugs
Marijuana
Cocaine
Other Illegal Substances
200
In what state did schools ban hugging?
Oregon
200
When was the drug free schools and campuses act created
1989
200
What are items (think substances) that are smart to ban from schools?
Illegal drugs and alcohol
300
What is zero tolerance trying to protect kids from?
Drugs, Guns, Hate speech, bullying, harassment, fighting, dress codes
300
What kind of candy was ruled as a weapon?
Candy Canes
300
what was the second act and when was it created
gun free schools act of 1994
300
What are silly items to prohibit?
Candy canes, Butter knives
400
name two reasons why schools feel they HAVE TO support zero tolerance:
because if they don't they will risk losing federal aid AND by legally protecting there school because schools that do not support zero tolerance policies is a legal liability to the school