OOLOGAH-TALALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

DANGEROUS WEAPONS, NONINTOXICATING BEVERAGES, INTOXICATING BEVERAGES, CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES, COUNTERFEIT DRUGS, OR OTHER ABUSABLE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES

Any student found to be in possession of or distributing or offering to distribute dangerous weapons; nonintoxicating beverages or intoxicating beverages; or controlled dangerous substances, counterfeit drugs, or any other abusable chemical substance, including prescription medication, may be suspended up to the rest of the current semester and all of the succeeding semester. A report and/or notification shall be provided to the proper legal authorities.

This regulation shall also apply to students who possess or distribute or offer to distribute substances, of whatever composition, that are represented by the seller or distributor to be narcotics or behavioral or mood changing substances. Students will not distribute medications to other students, since students may have allergic or other adverse reactions to even nonprescription medications.

Therefore, students may be disciplined for distributing nonprescription or prescription medications or look-alike, fake, counterfeit, or "turkey" drugs or any other chemical substance to other students, even though such medications or fake drugs are not illegal drugs. Such distribution is prohibited in school buildings, on school property, or at any schoolsponsored event. Discipline may include suspension up to the rest of the current semester and all of the succeeding semester.

Adoption Date: June 13, 2022 Revision Date(s):