15.1-19 Students and Safety
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registration, for the maintenance of all records regarding the student, and in all communications
requiring the use of a surname.15.1-19-02. Corporal punishment - Prohibition - Consistent policies.1.A school district employee may not inflict, cause to be inflicted, or threaten to inflict
corporal punishment on a student.2.This section does not prohibit a school district employee from using the degree of
force necessary:a.To quell a physical disturbance that threatens physical injury to an individual or
damage to property;b.To quell a verbal disturbance;c.For self-defense;d.For the preservation of order; ore.To obtain possession of a weapon or other dangerous object within the control
of a student.3.For purposes of this section, corporal punishment means the willful infliction of
physical pain on a student; willfully causing the infliction of physical pain on a
student; or willfully allowing the infliction of physical pain on a student. Physical pain
or discomfort caused by athletic competition or other recreational activities
voluntarily engaged in by a student is not corporal punishment. A school board may
not expand through policy the definition of corporal punishment beyond that provided
by this subsection.4.a.The board of each school district shall develop policies setting forth standards
for student behavior, procedures to be followed if the standards are not met,
and guidelines detailing how all incidents are to be investigated.b.The board shall ensure that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable
to all elementary schools in the district are identical, that the policies,
procedures, and guidelines applicable to all middle schools in the district are
identical, and that the policies, procedures, and guidelines applicable to all high
schools in the district are identical.15.1-19-03. Period of silence. Repealed by S.L. 2001, ch. 187,