DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND CAMPUSES REGULATIONS

Subpart C-State and Local Educational Agencies

86.200 What must the SEA's and LEA ' 8 drug prevention program for students include?

The SEA's and LEA's program for all students must, at a minimum, include the following:

(a) Age-appropriate, developmentally based drug and alcohol education and

prevention programs (which address the legal, social, and health

consequences of drug and alcohol use and which provide information

about effective techniques for resisting peer pressure to use illicit

drugs or alcohol) for all students in all grades of the schools

operated or served by the SEA or LEA, from early childhood level

through grade twelve.

(b) A statement to students that the use of illicit drugs and unlawful

possession and use of alcohol is wrong and harmful.

(c) Standards of conduct that are applicable to students in all the SEA's

and Lea's schools and that clearly prohibit, at a minimum, the unlawful

possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol by

students on school premises or as part of any of its activities.

(d) A clear statement that disciplinary sanctions (consistent with local,

State, and Federal law), up to and including expulsion and referral for

prosecution, will be imposed on students who violate the standards of

conduct required by paragraph (c) of this section and a description

of those sanctions. For the purpose of this section, a disciplinary

sanction may include the completion of an appropriate rehabilitation

program.

(e) Information about any drug and alcohol counseling and rehabilitation

and re-entry programs that are counseling and rehabilitation and

re-entry programs that are available to students.

(f) A requirement that all parents and students be given a copy of the

standards of conduct required by paragraph (c) of this section and the

statement of disciplinary sanctions described in paragraph (d) of this

section.

(g) Notification to parents and students that compliance with the standards

of conduct required by paragraph (c) of this section is mandatory.

(h) A biennial review by the SEA or LEA of its program to--

(1) Determine its effectiveness and implement changes to the program

if they are needed; and

(2) Ensure that the disciplinary sanctions described in paragraph (d)

of this section are consistently enforced.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1880-0522) (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 3224a)

CODE OF VIRGINIA

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(1985), 479 U.S. 890, 107 S. Ct. 291, 93 L. Ed.2d 265 (1986).

8.01-47. Immunity of school personnel investigating or reporting alcohol or drug use.[37;0m- In addition to any other immunity he may have, any teachers instructor, principal, school administrator, school coordinator, guidance counselor or any other professional, administrative or clerical staff member or other personnel of any elementary or secondary school, or institution of higher learning who, in good faith with reasonable cause and without malice, acts to report, investigate or cause any investigation to be made into the activities of any student or students or any other person or persons as they relate to alcohol or drug use or abuse in or related to the school or institution or in connection with any school or institution activity, shall be immune from all civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as the result of the making of such a report, investigation or disclosure.

(Code 1950, 8-631.1; 1972, c. 762; 1977, c. 617; 1982, c.259; 1988, c. 159.)

The 1988 amendment deleted "or" following "other professional," inserted "or clerical," and inserted "or other personnel."