Code Number: 121
District facilities and grounds, including District vehicles, shall be smoke and tobacco-free. The use of nicotine products that are not FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved for tobacco cessation and the use of look-a-likes where the original would include tobacco or nicotine are also prohibited by this policy. This requirement extends to students, employees, and visitors. This policy applies at all times, including school-sponsored and non-school-sponsored events. Persons failing to abide by this policy will be required to extinguish their smoking material, dispose of the tobacco/nicotine product, or other product, or leave the District premises immediately. It is the responsibility of the administration to enforce this policy.
[Related Board Policies and Administrative Regulations: Board Policies 405.12 and 504.15; Administrative Regulation AR504.15; Sioux City Community School District Student Code K-12 Discipline, Expectations and Enforcement Guidelines and The Sioux City Community School District Extra-Curricular/Co-Curricular Code of Conduct.]
- First Adoption:
- 1995-04-11
- Revision Adoption:
- September 28, 1999/ July 10, 2001/ December 15, 2008/ November 14, 2011/ April 14, 2014/ April 8, 2019
- Reviewed Dates:
- March 18, 2019
- Legal Reference:
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20 USC §§ 6081-84
Iowa Code §§142D; 279.8, .9; 297.9