Classroom-Managed Behaviors (Minors) Definitions

100.0 - Academic Dishonesty - Minor: A student’s intentional act of misrepresenting their academic work. Examples of academic dishonesty (minor) include:

• Cheating - Using or attempting to use unauthorized assistance, information or study aids in any academic work
• Copying answers from or looking at another student’s work
• Accessing or possessing any material NOT expressly permitted during an exam, such as cheat sheets, notes, books, etc.
• Using digital media such as smartphones, digital cameras, tablets, data storage devices, computers, internet, apps or other electronic devices unless expressly permitted by the teacher
• Fabrication - Submitting false or altered information in any academic work
• Changing answers after an exam has been returned
• Falsifying/omitting data and/or sources, otherwise violating the ethical principles of research
• Facilitating Academic Dishonesty - Knowingly helping or attempting to help another student violate any provision of this policy
• Allowing another student to copy one’s work
• Plagiarism - Representing the words, research findings or ideas of another person as your own
• Copying published work without citation 

101.0 - Dress Code Violation - Minor: Student engages in the one or more of the following dress code conditions (as outlined in School Board Policy #221.1):

• Presents a hazard to the health or safety of the student himself/herself or to others in the school.
• Materially interferes with schoolwork, creates disorder, or disrupts the educational program.
• Causes excessive wear or damage to school property.
• Prevents the student from achieving his/her own educational objectives because of blocked vision or restricted movement.
• Examples may include:
• Head coverings (including hats and hoods) - NOT worn for religious, medical, or safety purposes and/or approved in advance by administration.
• Sunglasses, jewelry and/or accessories

102.0 - Failure to Follow Directives: Student refuses to comply with directives or procedures. Examples include but are NOT limited to:

• “You cannot tell me what to do.”
• Taking an item from another without permission.

103.0 - Food or Drink Violation - Minor: Food/drink out in the classroom without permission.

104.0 - Hall Pass Violation: Possession of hall pass without reporting to designated destination.

105.0 - Horseplay: Rough or boisterous play without malicious intent that does NOT result in physical injury. Examples include but are NOT limited to: 

• throwing items
• chasing another student in the classroom or non-classroom areas

106.0 - Late to Class: A student is considered late if they arrive within the first five minutes of class. If more than five (5) minutes following missing student procedure.

107.0 - Leaving Assigned Area: Knowingly leaving a specified area/location without the permission of an adult.

108.0 - Misrepresentation: Delivering false information or messages that are misleading. Examples include but are NOT limited to: 

• Spreading rumors 
• Gossiping 
• Lying

109.0 - Misuse of Electronic Device/Network - Minor: Personal or school-issued/provided electronic devices used without permission or at an inappropriate time(s) that do NOT meet criteria for “major” disciplinary action. Examples include but are NOT limited to: texting, phone calls, browsing the internet, capturing video or photos that are appropriate in nature but at an inappropriate time(s), etc.

110.0 - Not Attend Teacher Detention: Not showing up or being present for detention as assigned by the teacher (AM, PM or Lunch)

111.0 - Pestering, Teasing, Peer/Peer Conflict: Verbal, electronic, or physical contact or communication with another student made for non-educational purposes that is disruptive to the educational process, environment and/or purposeful order of a classroom/school (does NOT result in injury and/or does NOT meet criteria for bullying/cyber-bullying). Examples include but are NOT limited to:

• name calling (NOT including profanity, racial ethnic intimidation and/or all other forms of harassment)
• persistent messaging that is a nuisance (NOT classified as all other forms of harassment)
• unauthorized possession of insects, animals or pets with the intent to cause a disruption
• kicking, pushing/shoving, slapping, etc.

112.0 - Profanity - Minor: Gestures, cursing, or verbal insults, that may be directed or may NOT be directed toward a particular person or group - managed by the classroom teacher. However, does NOT include the use of profanity for the purposes of threatening or intimidation. See PIMS Code 15 - Racial/Ethnic Intimidation OR 22 - Threatening School Staff/Student

113.0 - Property Damage - Minor: Defacing property belonging to a student, teacher/staff, or the school, without the need for replacement or repair. Examples include but are NOT limited to: writing on school property but can be cleaned, tearing a paper off the wall but can be re-adhered, making a mess of an area which requires clean-up, etc.

114.0 - Public Display of Affection (PDA): Acts of physical intimacy in the view of others. Examples include, but are NOT limited to, consensual acts of intimate touching, fondling, cuddling, and kissing.

115.0 - Verbal/Noise Disruption: Student engages in low intensity, repeated patterns of disruptive verbal behavior. Examples include but are NOT limited to: calling out, persistent noises, jokes, yelling over an adult. Does NOT include profanity

Non-PIMS Reportable / Office-Managed Behaviors (Majors) Definitions

200.0 - Academic Dishonesty - Major: A student’s intentional act of misrepresenting their academic work. Examples of academic dishonesty (major) include:

• Cheating - Using or attempting to use unauthorized assistance, information or study aids in any academic exercise
  • Continuing to write after a timed exam has ended
  • Taking the exam from the room and later claiming the teacher lost it
  • Fraudulent possession of a test prior to exam date, or possession of a similar test (e.g. from a different section of a class) that has NOT been distributed back to students
  • Submission of the same term paper or other work to more than one teacher where no prior approval has been given
  • Submission of purchased term papers or projects done by others
• Fabrication - Submitting false or altered information in any academic exercise
  • Changing answers after an exam has been returned
  • Falsifying/omitting data and/or sources, otherwise violating the ethical principles of research
• Facilitating Academic Dishonesty - Knowingly helping or attempting to help another to violate any provision of this policy
  • Having another person take an exam or complete an assignment 
  • Taking an exam or completing an assignment for another student
• Plagiarism - Representing the words, research findings or ideas of another person as your own
  • Copying word for word without proper attribution.
  • Paraphrasing without proper attribution.
  • Using phrases from another source embedded into original material without proper attribution
• Misrepresentation of Academic Records - Misrepresenting, tampering with or attempting to tamper with any school document
  • Creating or altering a transcript, diploma, verification of enrollment or any other document 
  • Forgery, alteration or misuse of official district documents 
• Unfair advantage - Attempting to gain an unauthorized advantage over fellow students in academic work
  • Stealing, reproducing, circulating or otherwise gaining advance access to examination materials.
  • Depriving other students of access to library materials by stealing, destroying, defacing, or concealing them.
  • Retaining, using or circulating examination materials which clearly indicate that they should be returned at the end of the exam
  • Intentionally obstructing or interfering with another student’s work

201.0 - Cutting Class: When a student has entered the building and accumulates more than five minutes of unexcused absence from an assigned class/regularly scheduled activity, including lunch, study hall or meeting with student services. Class cutting also includes leaving the classroom without permission or without returning to class.

202.0 - Dress Code Violation - Major: Student engages in the one or more of the following dress code conditions that requires the involvement of school personnel outside of the classroom (as outlined in School Board Policy #221.1):

• Presents a hazard to the health or safety of the student himself/herself or to others in the school.
• Materially interferes with schoolwork, create disorder, or disrupt the educational program.
• Causes excessive wear or damage to school property.
• Prevents the student from achieving his/her own educational objectives because of blocked vision or restricted movement.
• Examples may include:
• present as a significant disruption to the educational environment, vulgar language/profanity, messages that reference drugs, alcohol, weapons, violence, oppression toward a certain group, etc.
• exposed midriffs 
• exposed cleavage 
• straps such as those found on tank tops, muscle shirts, halter tops, tube tops and/or spaghetti strap tops 
• tops that expose the back or parts of undergarments, including racerback tops or similar articles
• clothing that reveals undergarments due to the transparency, length, or lack of coverage 
• pants worn below the waistline exposing undergarments or skin around the midsection 
• pajamas or sleepwear, unless worn during designated days
• barefoot or stocking feet
• clothing containing holes, cuts, tears and/or rips that expose undergarments or skin

203.0 - Extortion: Obtain money, property or services from another student and/or school community member by expressed or implied force

204.0 - Fire Alarm/Equipment Abuse: Giving aid and abet anyone in giving:

• a false alarm of fire 
• break the glass key protector - except in case of fire
• pull the slide, arm, or lever of any station or signal box of any fire-alarm system - except in case of fire
• willfully misuse or damage a portable fire extinguisher
• willfully interfere with, damage, deface, molest, or injure any part or portion of any fire-alarm, fire-detection, smoke-detection or fire-extinguishing system.

205.0 - Food or Drink Violation - Major: Food/drink out in non-classroom locations without permission. Examples include but are NOT limited to: throwing food at people or at objects/surfaces.

206.0 - Forgery (Non-Academic): Making, altering, using, or possession of false writing to commit fraud. Examples include but are NOT limited to: an action where someone signs the name of an administrator, staff member, or parent; or alters the information on a pass or excuse.

207.0 - Hazing: Regardless of consent, when a person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly, for the purpose of initiating, admitting or affiliating a student with an organization, or for the purpose of continuing or enhancing membership or status in an organization, causes, coerces or forces a student to do any of the following:

1. Violate federal or state criminal law.

2. Consume any food, liquid, alcoholic liquid, drug or other substance which subjects the student to a risk of emotional or physical harm.

3. Endure brutality of a physical nature, including whipping, beating, branding, calisthenics or exposure to the elements.

4. Endure brutality of a mental nature, including activity adversely affecting the mental health or dignity of the individual, sleep deprivation, exclusion from social contact or conduct that could result in extreme embarrassment.

5. Endure brutality of a sexual nature.

6. Endure any other activity that creates a reasonable likelihood of bodily injury to the student.

* As part of the investigation of the hazing incident, the administrative team must rule out that hazing did not result in any conduct that aligns with a PIMS/State Reportable infraction code 1-54. If so, consider including a referral to Law Enforcement - PIMS Action Code 43 AND an appropriate PIMS/State Reportable Infraction Code(s) 1-54*

208.0 - Inappropriate Behavior Resulting in Unintentional Physical Injury: Engaging in rowdy, rough behavior that interferes with the safe and/or purposeful order of a school and results in unintentional injury to either the participant or someone else.

209.0 - Inappropriate Touching: Any form of touch that makes one feel uncomfortable or is non-consensual. Does NOT include touching intimate areas of another's body. NOT included in Pestering, Teasing, Peer/Peer Conflict due to required involvement of school personnel outside of the classroom. See alternate PIMS codes for definitions which may be a more appropriate description of the incident. 

210.0 - Leaving Building Grounds Without Permission: Knowingly leaving the school building grounds and property without permission from a staff member or administrator.

211.0 - Misuse of Electronic Device/Network - Major: Personal or school issued/provided electronic devices are NOT to be used during the school day by students without prior authorization and in compliance with Policy 239. Devices should never be used in a way that violates local, state, or federal law. Such use may include, but is NOT limited to items outlined in School Board Policy 239 and the following:

• Use a school device to access social media networking websites/apps while on school property
• Possess social media content that would disrupt the educational environment 
• Access photography through websites/apps from district technology, unless such access is approved by the student’s teacher as part of a course project.
• Create, display or transmit inappropriate content as defined by the Children’s Internet Protection Act on their phones, PDAs or other similar devices while on district property.
• Use pagers unless serving in volunteer fire or ambulance companies, but should NOT interrupt classes, work or other district activities.
• Use personal electronic devices in locker rooms, lavatories or the nurse’s office for any reason.
• Engage in the unauthorized audio or video recording of another person during the school day.
• Use personal electronic devices to bully, harass or threaten another person or entity in violation of school district policies and rules. *(must also be addressed through PIMS/State Reporting)
• Access or possess material that is offensive, profane, or obscene, including digital pornography and hate literature. *(if includes obscene, digital pornography and/or hate literature, then must also be addressed through PIMS/State Reporting

212.0 - Not Attend Administrator Detention: Not showing up or being present for detention as assigned by the administrator (AM, PM or Lunch).

213.0 - Possession of Inappropriate Items: Possession of the following items include but are NOT limited to

• Firecracker(s) 
• Smoke bomb(s)
• Lighters which shall be defined as a flame-producing product commonly used by consumers to ignite cigarettes, cigars, and pipes, although the lighter may be used to ignite other materials. 
• Matches which shall be defined as a tool for starting a fire. Typically, matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material ignited by frictional heat generated by striking the match against a suitable surface.
• Items related to gambling - (professional or amateur) playing card games for money or prizes; possessing any card, book, or other device for registering bets; knowingly permitting the use of your cellular phone, computer or other electronic device for illegal gambling; offering, soliciting or accepting a bribe to influence the outcome of an event; involvement in unauthorized raffles or lotteries.

214.0 - Profanity - Major: Gestures, cursing, or verbal insults, directed toward a particular person or group - managed by school personnel outside of the classroom. If profanity is used with the intent to threaten or intimidate, See PIMS Code 15 - Racial/Ethnic Intimidation OR 22 - Threatening School Staff/Student.

215.0 - Property Damage - Major: Willfully defacing property belonging to a student, teacher/staff, or the school, resulting in the need for replacement or repair. Such behaviors may be punishable by law. 

216.0 - Trespassing: Being in an unauthorized area of the building without permission. Any student on external suspension or expulsion shall be considered trespassing if the student is in any school district building, on any school property, or attending any school-sponsored event without the express consent and knowledge of the school administrator.

217.0 - Unprotected Expression: Use of speech classified as fraudulent misrepresentation, false accusations, advocacy of imminent lawless behavior, and defamation.

218.0 - Verbal Altercation: An incident that involves one or several offenders who engage in mutual verbal exchanges that are abusive, profane and/or obscene comments. Does NOT include physical contact.

219.0 - Willful and/or Wanton Misconduct: Consciously acting in disregard of or acting with reckless indifference to consequences. Examples include but are NOT limited to: 

• Student is aware of their conduct and from their knowledge of existing circumstances, that their conduct could result in an injury.
• Student is repeatedly given directives and acts indifferently to the directives

PIMS Reportable / Safe Schools Definitions

1 - Simple Assault on Student: An unlawful attack by one student upon another. By definition there can be no attempted assaults, only completed assaults. The act should intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly cause bodily injury and/or serious bodily injury to a student(s).

2 - Aggravated Assault on a Student: An unlawful attack by one person upon a student in which the offender uses a weapon or displays it in a threatening manner, or the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe lacerations, or loss of consciousness. This also includes assault with disease (as in cases when the offender is aware that he/she is infected with a deadly disease) by biting, spitting, etc.

3 - Simple Assault on Staff: An unlawful attack by one person upon another. By definition there can be no attempted assaults, only completed assaults. The act should be intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury or serious bodily injury to an employee(s). 

4 - Aggravated Assault on Staff: An unlawful attack by one person upon a staff member in which the offender uses a weapon or displays it in a threatening manner, or the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe lacerations, or loss of consciousness. This also includes assault with disease (as in cases when the offender is aware that he/she is infected with a deadly disease) by biting, spitting, etc. 

5 - Rape: Rape may be statutory or forcible.

• Forcible Rape is oral, vaginal or anal intercourse committed by force and without the consent of the victim, regardless of age.
• Statutory Rape is oral, vaginal, or anal intercourse committed on a child under the age of 16 by a person who is at least 12 years old and at least 4 years older than the victim, regardless of whether the victim consented. Consensual intercourse between a 13, 14 or 15 year old girl or boy and a 16 year old girl or boy is NOT a crime; statutory rape requires at least four years between birthdays of the victim and perpetrator. Some examples of incidents which must be reported under this category are consensual intercourse between a 19-year old and a 15-year old; consensual intercourse with a person who is mentally handicapped or incapacitated, or physically helpless, regardless of whether the victim consented; or intercourse with an intoxicated or drugged victim who is too incapacitated to give consent.

6 - Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse: A person commits a felony of the first degree when the person engages in deviate sexual intercourse with a complainant:

1. 1. By forcible compulsion
   2. By threat of forcible compulsion that would prevent resistance by a person of reasonable resolution
   3. Who is unconscious or where the person knows that the complainant is unaware that the sexual intercourse is occurring
   4. Where the person has substantially impaired the complainant’s power to appraise or control his or her conduct by administering or employing – without the knowledge of the complainant – drugs, intoxicants, or other means for the purpose of preventing resistance
   5. Who suffers from mental disability which renders him or her incapable of consent
   6. Who is less than 16 years of age and the person is four or more years older than the complainant and the persons are NOT married to each other

7 - Statutory Sexual Assault: A person commits a felony of the second degree when that person engages in sexual intercourse with a complainant under the age of 16 years and that person is four or more years older than the complainant and the complainant and the person are NOT married to each other.

8 - Sexual Assault: An assault of a sexual nature. An unauthorized and unwanted, intentional, or forcible touching of a sex organ of a person of either sex. Sex organs are the breasts of females and genital areas of males and females. This category includes forcibly and intentionally grabbing the clothed or unclothed breast or genitals of a person, without the consent of the victim.

9 - Aggravated Indecent Assault: Except as provided in §§ 3121 (relating to rape), 3122.1 (relating to statutory sexual assault), 3123 (relating to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse) and 3124.1 (relating to sexual assault), a person who engages in penetration, however slight, of the genitals or anus of a complainant with a part of his person’s body for any purpose other than good faith medical, hygienic or law enforcement procedures commits aggravated indecent assault if: 

2. 1. 1. 1. The person does so without the complainant’s consent
         2. The person does so by forcible compulsion
         3. The person does so by threat of forcible compulsion that would prevent resistance by a person of reasonable resolution
         4. The complainant is unconscious or the person knows that the complainant is unaware that the penetration is occurring
         5. The person has substantially impaired the complainant’s power to appraise or control his or her conduct by administering or employing – without the knowledge of the complainant – drugs, intoxicants, or other means for the purpose of preventing resistance
         6. The complainant suffers from mental disability which renders him or her incapable of consent
         7. The complainant is less than 13 years of age
         8. The complainant is less than 16 years of age and the person is four or more years older than the complainant and the persons are NOT married to each other

10 - Indecent Assault: A person who has indecent contact with the complainant or causes the complainant to have indecent contact with the person is guilty of indecent assault if:

1. 1. 1. 1. The person does so without the complainant’s consent
         2.  The person does so without the complainant’s consent
         3. The person does so by forcible compulsion
         4.  The person does so by threat of forcible compulsion that would prevent resistance by a person of reasonable resolution
         5. The complaint is unconscious or the person knows that the complainant is unaware that the indecent contact is occurring
         6. The person has substantially impaired the complainant’s power to appraise or control his or her conduct by administering or employing, without the knowledge of the complainant, drugs, intoxicants or other means for the purpose of preventing resistance
         7. The complainant suffers from mental disability which renders him or her incapable of consent
         8. The complainant is less than 13 years of age
         9. The complainant is less than 16 years of age and the person is four or more years older than the complainant and the persons are NOT married to each other.

11 - Indecent Exposure: A person commits indecent exposure if that person exposes his or her genitals in any public place or in any place where there are present other persons under circumstances in which he or she knows or should know that this conduct is likely to offend, affront or alarm.

12 - Open Lewdness: Any open act that is inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious, obscene, indecent or vulgar.

13 - Obscene and Other Sexual Materials: Obscene material means any writing, picture, film, or other recording (including sexting) that, given the local cultural attitude and community standards, the average person would find offensive, or lacks serious literary, artistic, political, educational or scientific value if taken as a whole. An obscene performance means a live exhibition before an audience which the average person under local community standards describes or shows sexual conduct in an offensive manner, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, educational or scientific value, or would offend if taken as a whole.

14 - Sexual Harassment: Is discrimination against a student based on the student’s submission or rejection of sexual advances and/or requests or creating an atmosphere of harassment based on sexual issues/activity. The unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, other physical or verbal conduct or communication of a sexual nature, and any other gender-based/sexual orientation-based harassment which has the purpose or effect to interfere with the individual performance, work environment, or participation in school sponsored activities, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment. This includes students and staff. Examples include behaviors such as leering, pinching, grabbing, suggestive comments, gestures, jokes or pressure to engage in sexual activity.

15 - Racial/Ethnic Intimidation: Malicious intent toward another’s person or property based on race, color, religion or national origin is a hate crime.

16 - All Other Forms of Harassment/Intimidation: A person commits the crime of harassment when, with the intent to harass, annoy or alarm another, the person:

1. Strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects the other person to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same

2. Follows the other person in or about a public place or places
3. Engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts that serve no legitimate purpose.

17 - Fighting: a mutual physical altercation involving two or more students which results in one or more of the following:

1. Physical injury

2. Property damage
3. Physical restraint

If the incident does NOT meet these criteria, see alternate possible codes: 

• Pestering, Teasing, Peer/Peer Conflict
• Horseplay
• Inappropriate Behavior Resulting in Unintentional Physical Injury
• Willful and/or Wanton Misconduct
• Minor Altercation

Mutual physical altercation: implies no victim and at least two offenders. Law enforcement officers may refer to a fight as simple assault. Administrators need to consider age and developmentally appropriate behavior before using this category.

18 - Minor Altercation: An incident which involves a single offender who commits a minor violent physical act against another individual that may result in minor physical injury but does NOT result in retaliation (e.g., “Student A” strikes “Student B” resulting in little/minor injury and the “Student B” does not retaliate).

19 - Stalking: A person commits the crime of stalking when the person either:

1. Engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts towards another person, including following the person without proper authority, under circumstances which demonstrate either an intent to place such other person in reasonable fear of bodily injury or to cause substantial emotional distress to such other person
2. Engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly communicates to another person under circumstances which demonstrate or communicate either an intent to place such other person in reasonable fear of bodily injury or to cause substantial emotional distress to such other person. 

Stalking by communication or address – A person commits the crime of stalking by communication or address when the person engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly communicates to another under circumstances which demonstrate or communicate either of the following:

1. An intent to place another person in reasonable fear of bodily injury.
2. An intent to cause substantial emotional distress to such another person.

20 - Kidnapping/Interference with Custody: The removal, restraining or confinement of an individual by another through force, threat, or deception or (if person is under 14 years) without consent of a parent, guardian or school. Kidnapping/abduction includes hostage taking. A parent taking a child in violation of a court order, although it may be a crime, is NOT kidnapping for this purpose.

21 - Unlawful Restraint: A person commits an offense if he knowingly:

1. Restrains another unlawfully in circumstances exposing him to risk of serious bodily injury
2. Holds another in a condition of involuntary servitude.

22 - Threatening School Staff/Student: Physical, verbal, written, or electronic threat (e.g., internet) or intimidation is to unlawfully place another person in fear of bodily harm through verbal threats without displaying a weapon or subjecting the person to actual physical attack; stalking (i.e., secretly or stealthily pursuing another, spying on or watching another person, with or without the intent to harm, frighten, or coerce) should be included. 

23 - Reckless Endangering Another Person: Engaging in conduct that places or may place another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury.

24 - Robbery: Robbery (Crime against Person): The taking of, or attempting to take, anything of value under confrontational circumstances from the control, custody or care of another person by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear of immediate harm. Because some types of assault may be an element of the crime of robbery, an assault should NOT be reported as an assault as long as it was performed in furtherance of the robbery. However, if the injury resulted in death, the incident must be reported as a homicide. A carjacking is a robbery offense where a motor vehicle is taken into force or threat of force.

• Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon (Armed Robbery): Theft or attempted theft of anything of value from the person of another, or from the area under the immediate bodily control of the other, by using a dangerous weapon or by an act threatening use of a dangerous weapon. A dangerous weapon is any article, instrument or substance that is likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Forcible theft or attempted theft from a person without the use of a dangerous weapon should be reported under Robbery without a Dangerous Weapon.
• Robbery without a Dangerous Weapon: The taking or attempting to take anything of value from another’s person, by force, or by an act threatening force or violence, which puts a victim in fear, without the use of a weapon. The stealing of someone’s property without the use of force or from a source other than the victim’s person is not included in this offense. If the taking from the person involves use of a dangerous weapon the incident is reported under Robbery With a Dangerous Weapon.

25 - Theft and Related Offenses: Theft by Unlawful Taking or Disposition:

1. Movable property - A person is guilty of theft if he unlawfully takes, or exercises unlawful control over, movable property of another with intent to deprive him thereof.
2. Immovable property - A person is guilty of theft if he unlawfully transfers, or exercises unlawful control over, immovable property of another or any interest therein with intent to benefit himself or another NOT entitled thereto
3. If amount is $50 or more but less than $200, it is a misdemeanor 2nd degree
4. If amount is less than $50, it is a misdemeanor 3rd degree

26 - Crimes Related to Criminal Homicide: Occurs when a person intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or negligently causes the death of a human being. Homicide is classified as murder, voluntary manslaughter, or involuntary manslaughter.

• Suicide is NOT considered homicide
• Attempted murder or assault with intent to murder should be reported as aggravated assault
• Justifiable homicide (e.g., legitimate self-defense) or the killing of a perpetrator of a serious criminal offense by a peace officer or by a private individual should be reported as other.

27 - Bullying: By law, "Bullying" shall mean an intentional electronic, written, verbal or physical act, or a series of acts:

1. Directed at another student or students

2. Which occurs in a school setting

3. That is severe, persistent or pervasive

4. That has the effect of doing any of the following:

1. Substantially interfering with a student's education
2. Creating a threatening environment
3. Substantially disrupting the orderly operation of the school

5. “School setting" shall mean in the school, on school grounds, in school vehicles, at a designated bus stop or at any activity sponsored, supervised or sanctioned by the school

6. Both genders can engage in direct or indirect bullying

7. Bullying can be either physical and/or psychological in nature

8. Bullying can be carried out by a single individual or by a group

9. The target/victim of bullying can be a single individual or a group of students

10. The behavior can be either overt or covert in nature utilizing various methods of communication. For example, the term cyber bullying is being used to describe bullying behavior which occurs on the Internet. 

11. The term bullying should NOT be used when there is a mutual confrontation between two students or groups of students. 

12. Behavior is clearly bullying when:

1. There is intent to harm - the perpetrator appears to find pleasure in taunting and continues even when the target’s distress is obvious. Mutual “teasing” should NOT be confused with bullying behavior
2. There is intensity and duration - the taunting continues over a period of time, and is NOT welcomed by the target. School Board Policy 255

30 - Burglary: The unlawful entry into a building or other structure with the intent to commit a felony or theft. It is NOT necessary that force be used in gaining entry, neither is it necessary that property loss occur. Attempts to unlawfully enter a structure without expressed permission are also counted in this category.

31 - Arson and Related Offenses: The unlawful and intentional damage or attempt to damage any real or personal property by fire or incendiary device. Setting a fire (by match, lighter, fireworks, firecrackers, trash can fires, Molotov cocktails, or any other incendiary device) providing aid, counsel or pay toward the same. This category does NOT include a simple act of lighting a match.

32 - Institutional Vandalism: Is the unlawful desecration of a building or other structure with the intent to commit damage. Injury, defacement or destruction of school or another person's property

33 - Criminal Trespass: Entering or remaining on school property without authorization; including, but NOT limited to, knowing or unknowing entry onto school property by a suspended student or student from another school who does NOT have a legitimate reason for being there or written permission from a school administrator.

34 - Rioting: Participation of two or more in a course of disorderly conduct:

1. With the intent to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony or misdemeanor
2. With intent to prevent or coerce official action
3. When the actor or any other participant to the knowledge of the actor uses or plans to use a firearm or other deadly weapon.

35 - Bomb Threat: A threat (verbal, written, or electronic) to detonate an explosive or incendiary device to cause property damage, death, or injuries, whether or NOT such a device exists. See Terrorist Threats.

36 - Terroristic Threats: A person commits the crime of terroristic threats if the person communicates, either directly or indirectly, a threat to:

1. Commit any crime of violence with intent to terrorize another
2. Cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly or facility of public transportation
3. Otherwise cause serious public inconvenience, or cause terror or serious public inconvenience with reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience. The term “communicates” means, conveys in person or by written or electronic means, including telephone, electronic mail, Internet, facsimile, telex and similar transmissions.

37 - Failure to Disperse:  Where three or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct which causes or may reasonably be expected to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, a peace officer or other public servant engaged in executing or enforcing the law may order the participants and others in the immediate vicinity to disperse. A person who refuses or knowingly fails to obey such an order commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.

38 - Disorderly Conduct: A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, the person:

1. Engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior
2. Makes unreasonable noise
3. Uses obscene language, or makes an obscene gesture
4. Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which serves no legitimate purpose of the actor

47 - Possession/Use or Under the Influence of Controlled Substance: Possession or use of controlled substance as defined under the 13 act of April 14, 1972 (P.L. 233, No. 64) as well as drug paraphernalia as defined under the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L. 233, No. 64). In addition to use, unauthorized possession, purchase or sale of anabolic steroids by students.

• Anabolic steroids are classified as controlled substances, and that their use, unauthorized possession, purchase, or sale could subject students to suspension, expulsion, and/or criminal prosecution.

48 - Sale or Distribution of a Controlled Substance: The exchange of a commodity (a controlled substance) for money; or the action of sharing something (a controlled substance) out among a number of recipients. A controlled substance or “drug” shall mean:

• substances recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, or official National Formulary or any supplement to either of them;
• and substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals;
• and substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the human body or other animal body;
• and substances intended for use as a component of any article specified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii), but NOT including devices or their components, parts, or accessories.

49 - Possession, Use, Sale or Under the Influence of Alcohol: “Possession” shall mean when the article is found on the person of the student, in the student’s locker, under the student’s control while on school property, at any school function or activity, at any school event held away from the school or while the student is coming to or from school or on any public vehicle providing transportation to school or school-sponsored activity. In contrast, “use” shall mean to take or consume the article. The term “sale” shall mean exchanging the article for money or other forms of payment. The term “under the influence” (UI) shall mean any consumption or ingestion of alcohol.

50 - Possession, Use, Sale of Tobacco Materials: Furnishing cigarettes or cigarette papers; possesses, uses or sells tobacco in a school building, bus or on school property owned by, leased by or under the control of the school district.

51 - Cyber Harassment of a Child: A person commits the crime of cyber harassment of a child if, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm, the person engages in a continuing course of conduct of making any of the following by electronic means directly to a child or by publication through an electronic social media service:

1. Seriously disparaging statement or opinion about the child's physical characteristics, sexuality, sexual activity or mental or physical health or condition
2. Threat to inflict harm

53 - Possession, Use, Sale of Vaping Materials: Use and/or possession of vaping products; and smokeless tobacco in any form; electronic cigarettes; and any oil or liquid/solid substance that produces the same physical manifestations that tobacco/smokeless tobacco/nicotine produces. School Board Policy 452 prohibits the possession or use of tobacco products or paraphernalia (lighters, matches, electronic cigarettes, or other incendiary devices) on all school grounds, school vehicles, or during all school-related activities.

54 - Possession of a Weapon: As defined by School Board Policy 240, the term weapon shall include but NOT limited to any knife, unauthorized cutting object, nunchaku, explosive device, firearm, shotgun, rifle, a replica of a weapon or any other tool/ look-alike, instrument or implement capable of inflicting serious bodily injury.

Possession of Handgun; §6110.1 Possession of firearm by minor, §908 Prohibited offensive weapons, §912 Possession of weapon on school property.

• Firearm – Any weapon which is designed to or may readily be converted to expel any projectile by the action of an explosive, or the frame or receiver of any such weapon

Offensive weapons – Any bomb, grenade, machine gun, sawed off shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches, firearm specially made or specially adapted for concealment or silent discharge, any blackjack, sandbag, metal knuckles, dagger, knife, razor or cutting instrument, the blade of which is exposed in an automatic way by switch, push-button, spring mechanism, or otherwise, or other implement for the infliction of serious bodily injury which serves no common lawful purpose

*Developmental appropriateness must be considered within the context of determining intent as well as assigning appropriate actions, consequences, and interventions.