While recognizing that students may require disciplinary action in various forms, the School Board cannot condone the use of unreasonable force and fear as an appropriate procedure in student discipline.

Professional staff as well as support staff, within the scope of their employment, may use and apply reasonable force and restraint to quell a disturbance threatening physical injury to others, to obtain possession of weapons or other dangerous objects upon or within the control of the student, in self-defense, or for the protection of persons or property.

When an employee inflicts unnecessary, unreasonable, irrational, or inappropriate force upon a student, s/he may be subject to discipline by this Board and criminal assault charges as well.

Corporal punishment may be administered only as a last resort and only in accordance with the Superintendent's administrative guidelines.

I.C. 20-5-2-2(17)
General Assembly Resolution, March, 1993