STUDENT GOOD CONDUCT RULE
A copy of the following rules will be sent home with all students who participate in extracurricular activities at the beginning of the school year. The student, and parents/guardians, must sign the form indicating the rules have been read and understood. This form must be returned to the school before the student is allowed to participate.
The Board of Directors of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District offers a variety of voluntary activities designed to enhance the classroom education of its students. Students who participate in extra-curricular activities serve as ambassadors of the school throughout the calendar year, whether away from or at school. Students who wish to exercise the privilege of participating in extracurricular activities must conduct themselves in accordance with board policy and must refrain from activities that are illegal, immoral, unhealthy, or highly inappropriate. Participation in these activities is a privilege, conditioned upon meeting the eligibility criteria established by the board, administration, and individual activity coaches and sponsors.
The following activities are covered by the board’s policy and these rules:
Athletics, instrumental and vocal music performances, drama productions, speech contests, FFA, National Honor Society, all co-curricular clubs (e.g. art club, Spanish club), all honorary and elected offices (e.g., homecoming king/queen/court, class officer, student government officer or representative), state contests, and performances for cheerleading or any other activity where the student represents the school outside the classroom. (Activities that are an actual extension of the classroom, are included in student assessment, and are not voluntary, but required as a part of a specific course are included in this policy. Alternative grading procedure will be available for these students at discretion of teacher.)
A student may lose eligibility under the Good conduct Rule for any of the following behaviors:
- Possession, use, or purchase of tobacco products, regardless of the student’s age;
- Possession, use, or purchase of alcoholic beverages, including beer and wine
- Possession, use, or attempted sale/purchase of illegal drugs, or the unauthorized possession, use, purchase, or attempted sale/purchase of otherwise lawful drugs and/or possession of paraphernalia for the use of illegal drugs;
- Engaging in any act that would be grounds for arrest or citation in the criminal or juvenile court system (excluding minor offenses such as traffic or hunting/fishing violations), regardless of whether the student was cited, arrested, convicted, or adjudicated for the act(s);
First Offense: The student in athletics will be ineligible for all public performances for 1/3 of the current or upcoming competitive season. The athlete will also be ineligible for pre-season jamborees, scrimmages, etc. but these will not count as part of the 1/3 performance requirement. (If student self-reports incident within 72 hours to school official, ineligibility will be reduced to 1/5 of the season) The student in other activities that are covered under this policy will be ineligible for all public performances and contests for a period of three weeks with a minimum of one public performance. The student will be eligible to practice and travel with the team during the period of ineligibility.
Second Offense: The student in athletics will be ineligible for all public performances for 1/2 of the competitive season. The athlete will also be ineligible for pre-season jamborees, scrimmages, etc. but these will not count as part of the 1/2 performance requirement. The student in other activities that are covered under this policy will be ineligible for all public performances, and contests, for a period of nine weeks with a minimum of one public performance. The student will be eligible to practice and travel with the team during the period of ineligibility.
Third and Subsequent Offenses: The student will be ineligible for all public performances in athletics and other activities that are covered under this policy for one calendar year. The student will be eligible to practice and travel with the team during the period of ineligibility.
Further Conditions for Eligibility:
- There will be a two calendar year probationary period. If a student has no further violations for two years, the student's training rule record will be cleared.
- If a student violates the good conduct policy at or near the conclusion of a season and the full penalty cannot be served within that season-the balance of the penalty will be served in a "prorated fashion" when the following season of participation commences. The penalty will "carry over".
- Coaches and sponsors are responsible for making students aware of the purpose, stipulations, and consequences of the good conduct policy prior to the start of each season.
- Affected extracurricular activities must be ones in which the student has shown previous expressed interest, and not, in the principal's judgment, activities in which the student is choosing to participate in an attempt to circumvent the rule's consequences.
- Any student involved in any of the above offenses may request a hearing before a committee consisting of the superintendent, the athletic director, and the sponsor of the activity concerned, and one other faculty member. If the student desires counsel and his/her parent(s) or legal caretaker(s) may represent him.
Adopted: November 11, 1985
Reviewed: January 20, 2003
September 2006
May 2009
June 2009
December 17, 2012
Revised: February 8, 1988
July 17, 1995
May 13, 1996
July 14, 1997
June 11, 2002
June 21, 2004
July 27, 2015