While students do not shed their constitutional rights when they enter the school or engage in school-related activities, it is the Board of Education's responsibility to adopt rules reasonably necessary to maintain proper discipline among students and create an effective learning environment.
Therefore, all student expression shall be consistent with the aims and objectives of the mission of the school district, the curriculum and this policy. For purposes of this policy, student expression includes expression in any media, including but not limited to written, oral, visual, audio, and electronic media in all classroom and other school-related activities, assignments, and projects.
Students shall not turn in, present, publish or distribute expression that is:
Adoption Date: September 11, 2000
Last Revised: August 14, 2000
- Obscene;
- Libelous, slanderous, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful under state law;
- False as to any person who is not a public figure or involved in a matter of public concern;
- Creates a clear and present danger of the commission of unlawful acts, the violation of lawful school regulations, or the material and substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the school;
- Profane or vulgar;
- Violates the rights of privacy of others;
- Threatens violence to property or persons;
- Attacks any person because of race, color, sex, age, religion, national background, disability, or handicap;
- Tends to create hostility or otherwise disrupt the orderly operation of the educational process;
- Advocates illegal acts of any kind, which create a sense of threat to the orderly operation of the educational environment.
| Cross References: | JICDA - Conduct and Discipline Code |
| JICDB - Violent and Aggressive Behavior | |
| JICEC - Student Distribution of Noncurricular Materials | |
| JK - Student Discipline | |
| Legal References: | C.R.S. § 22-1-120 (Free Expression for Public School Students) |
| C.R.S. § 22-32-110 (1) (Board of Education - Specific Powers - Exclusion of Immoral Materials) | |