Ruling rejects NJ district's 24-hour conduct code

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The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional School District board overstepped its authority when it passed a round-the-clock code of conduct, the state Education Department has ruled.

The district's rule temporarily banned students from sports and extracurricular activities if they were accused of drinking alcohol, using drugs or breaking other laws, even if the alleged offense was committed off campus, after school and they were not convicted by a court.

However, acting state Education Commissioner Rochelle Hendricks recently upheld an administrative law judge's decision, declaring that the one-year-old policy was unconstitutional.

Hendricks pointed out that under state law, for a school board to punish a student for an off-campus offense, the discipline must be necessary to spare the student or others from harm, and the misconduct must have "some link to the school environment."

"It is too much of a stretch to find that all off-school-grounds conduct that may result in one of these violations would automatically make it necessary for the board to suspend or revoke a student's ability to participate in extracurricular activities in order to protect the well-being of the student, other students or the school staff," she wrote.

http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2010/09/20/news/doc4c964e3227245456703726.txt


More Pukes trying to control our every move. Glad they got shot down.

[Pab Sungenis]

1. The Supreme Court will block this.

"Bong Hits for Jesus" case.

[DainBramaged]

3. The District's ruling or the judge's ruling?

[Pab Sungenis]

4. The judges ruling.

Scalia's decision in "Bong Hits for Jesus" allows schools to punish their students for stuff they do off campus and outside of school hours.

[DainBramaged]

5. It simply limits students' free speech rights not conduct off hours

http://articles.cnn.com/2007-06-25/justice/free.speech_1_principal-deborah-morse-banner-case-school-policy?_s=PM:LAW

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2. ...

[tammywammy]

6. All right, all right, all right

:)

[rocktivity]

7. Just being ACCUSED would have been enough? JUST BEING ACCUSED?

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