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Being caught with a gun on school property is automatic expulsion. Parents need to be charged as well as having to find a new school for their kid, and that needs to be publicized. Little Johnny doesn't just get a week of ISS and back to normal.
I read that the student who brought the gun will be automatically suspended for 365 days per North Carolina law.
You're right, it's suspended, not expelled. Should be expelled.
My neighbor's kid was caught with a gun on school property years ago - it was over the summer so not newsworthy but it's zero tolerance so he was suspended for the year (think it was his senior year too). 1000000% the result of bad parenting.
I read that the student who brought the gun will be automatically suspended for 365 days per North Carolina law.
That's because schools are required to have such a policy to get federal money per the federal Gun Free Schools Act. There is room for exceptions though, and students still may be eligible for alternative education.
§ 115C-390.10. 365-day suspension for gun possession.
(a) All governing bodies of public school units shall develop and implement written policies and procedures, as required by the federal Gun Free Schools Act, 20 U.SC. § 7151, requiring suspension for 365 calendar days of any student who is determined to have brought or been in possession of a firearm or destructive device on educational property, or to a school-sponsored event off of educational property. A principal shall recommend to the superintendent the 365-day suspension of any student believed to have violated governing body policies regarding weapons. The superintendent has the authority to suspend for 365 days a student who has been recommended for such suspension by the principal when such recommendation is consistent with governing body policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the superintendent may modify, in writing, the required 365-day suspension for an individual student on a case-by-case basis. The superintendent shall not impose a 365-day suspension if the superintendent determines that the student took or received the firearm or destructive device from another person at school or found the firearm or destructive device at school, provided that the student delivered or reported the firearm or destructive device as soon as practicable to a law enforcement officer or a school employee and had no intent to use such firearm or destructive device in a harmful or threatening way.
(b) The principal must report all incidents of firearms or destructive devices on educational property or at a school-sponsored event as required by G.S. 115C-288(g) and State Board of Education policy.
(c) Nothing in this provision shall apply to a firearm that was brought onto educational property for activities approved and authorized by the governing body of the public school unit, provided that the governing body has adopted appropriate safeguards to protect student safety.
(d) At the time the student and parent receive notice that the student is suspended for 365 days under this section, the superintendent shall provide notice to the student and the student's parent of the right to petition the governing body of the public school unit for readmission pursuant to G.S. 115C-390.12.
(e) The procedures described in G.S. 115C-390.8 apply to students facing a 365-day suspension pursuant to this section.
(f) Students who are suspended for 365 days pursuant to this section shall be considered for alternative educational services consistent with the provisions of G.S. 115C-390.9. (2011-282, s. 2; 2022-74, s. 7.7(h).) https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegisla...rticle_27.html
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