k. No application of pesticide, after July 1, 2000, may be made in any building or on
school grounds during, regular school hours or during planned activities at the school
except an emergency application.
l. If an emergency application is necessary to eliminate an immediate threat to human
health, such application shall not involve a restricted use pesticide and no child may
enter the area of such application until it is safe to do so according to the provisions
on the pesticide label.
m. In cases of an emergency application, effective July 1, 2000 prior notice is not
necessary except that on or before the day the application is to take place, prior notice
is given to those persons who have previously requested such notice.
Adopted: June 27, 2000
Revised: February 24, 2009
ENFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT
BULLYING, TEEN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION POLICY
5131.9
The Enfield Board of Education is committed to creating and maintaining an
educational environment that is physically, emotionally and intellectually safe and
thus free from bullying, teen dating violence, harassment and discrimination. In
accordance with state law and the Board’s Safe School Climate Plan, the Board
expressly prohibits any form of bullying, teen dating violence behavior on school
grounds; at a school-sponsored or school-related activity, function or program,
whether on or off school grounds; at a school bus stop; on a school bus or other
vehicle owned, leased or used by a local or regional board of education; or through the
use of an electronic device or an electronic mobile device owned, leased or used by
Board of Education.
The Board also prohibits any form of bullying, teen dating violence behavior outside of
the school setting if such bullying, teen dating violence (i) creates a hostile
environment at school for the student against whom such bullying, teen dating
violence was directed, (ii) infringes on the rights of the student against whom such
bullying, teen dating violence was directed at school, or (iii) substantially disrupts the
education process or the orderly operation of a school. Discrimination and/or
retaliation against an individual who reports or assists in the investigation of an act of
bullying, teen dating violence is likewise prohibited.
Students who engage in bullying, teen dating violence behavior shall be subject to
school discipline, up to and including expulsion, in accordance with the Board's
policies on student discipline, suspension and expulsion, and consistent with state
and federal law.
For purposes of this policy, “Bullying, Teen Dating Violence” means the repeated
use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic communication, such as
cyberbullying, teen dating violence directed at or referring to another student
attending school in the same school district, or a physical act or gesture by one or
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