FILE:  JCDAA

Cf:  EB

STUDENT SMOKING/USE OF TOBACCO

All property of the Bogalusa City School Board is a smoke-free/tobacco-free environment.  Students shall not be permitted to have tobacco or tobacco products in their possession, including but not limited to any form of electronic cigarettes, advanced personal vaporizers, vape pens, and vape mods, on the school grounds, or in school facilities during the school day, on any other School Board property, or at school activities held in school facilities after school hours, or when riding school buses to and from school or a school function away from school.

School Board property shall include any elementary or secondary school grounds or buildings, any portable buildings, field houses, stadiums, equipment storage areas, vacant land, or any other property owned, operated, or leased by the School Board.

Parental permission to smoke or use tobacco products does not exempt a student from this policy.  Violations shall subject the student to appropriate disciplinary action.

Revised:  May 25, 2017

Revised:  November 16, 2017

Ref:    20 USC 6083 (Non-smoking Policy for Children's Services)

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:240, 17:416, 40:1291.1, 40:1291.2, 40:1291.3, 40:1291.11, 40:1291.21

Board minutes, 2-8-93, 5-25-17, 11-16-17

Bogalusa City School Board