Handbook Articles
Corporal Punishment Prohibited
Corporal
punishment is prohibited in the District. Corporal punishment is
defined as the intentional physical punishment of a student, including
such actions as shoving, pinching, spanking, paddling, or slapping a
student.
School
personnel may exercise reasonable and appropriate physical restraint to
quell a disturbance or to prevent an act that threatens physical harm
to any persons, to obtain possession of a weapon or other dangerous
object within a student's control, to protect property, or to remove a
disruptive student from class, from school premises or from
school-sponsored activities.
Handbooks
Handbook Sections
- Abuse of Students by District Personnel
- Affirmative Action
- Becoming a Substitute Teacher
- Character Does Count
- Child Abuse
- Co-Curricular Activities
- Code of Conduct - Elementary (Grades K-5)
- Code of Conduct - UHS (Grades 9-12)
- Code of Conduct - UMS (Grades 6-8)
- Complaint Procedures
- Conflicts of Interest
- Contact Person
- Controversial Issues
- Copying Copyrighted Materials
- Corporal Punishment Prohibited
- Daily Routine
- Daily Schedule
- Discipline, Behavior, and Responsibility of Students
- Distribution of Organizational Materials
- Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace
- Family Medical Leave Act
- Federal Section 504 Policy Statement
- Free and Reduced Price Meals (State Policy)
- Gift Law
- Hazardous Materials/Asbestos - AHERA Notification
- Hazardous Materials/Hazardous Chemical Disclosure
- Health/Blood Exposure
- Health/Health Certificates of Students
- Health/Health Services
- Health/Insurance of Students
- Health/Universal Precautions
- Holidays and Parties
- Homeless Statement
- Internet - Staff Usage
- Internet - Student Usage
- Lockers of Students
- Non-Discrimination Policy
- Notice of Continuance of Service
- Notice of Termination of Service
- Open Enrollment Option
- Outside Resource People
- Payment for Your Services
- Personal Property Responsibility
- Public Conduct on School Premises
- Records of Students
- Religion-Teaching of Religion in the District
- Religious Based Exclusion from School Programs
- Request for Information and References
- Request for Reconsideration of Instructional Materials
- School Days - Early Dismissal Due to Inclement Weather (K-12)
- School Days - Late Start (K-8)
- Sexual and Other Harassment Policies
- Smoking Policy
- Solicitations
- Student Directories
- Student Expressions
- Student Searches
- Supervision/Evaluation
- Transportation
- Transportation/Bus Conduct Rules
- Travel Reimbursement and Use of School Vehicles
- Tutoring and Conducting Personal Business
- Urbandale/Johnston Connection
- Video Cameras
- Weapons