§ 2801. Codes of conduct on school property. 1. For purposes of this\nsection, school property means in or within any building, structure,\nathletic playing field, playground, parking lot or land contained within\nthe real property boundary line of a public elementary or secondary\nschool; or in or on a school bus, as defined in section one hundred\nforty-two of the vehicle and traffic law; and a school function shall\nmean a school-sponsored or school-authorized extra-curricular event or\nactivity regardless of where such event or activity takes place,\nincluding any event or activity that may take place in another state.\n 2. The board of education or the trustees, as defined in section two\nof this chapter, of every school district within the state, however\ncreated, and every board of cooperative educational services and county\nvocational extension board, shall adopt and amend, as appropriate, a\ncode of conduct for the maintenance of order on school property,\nincluding a school function, which shall govern the conduct of students,\nteachers and other school personnel as well as visitors and shall\nprovide for the enforcement thereof. Such policy may be adopted by the\nschool board or trustees only after at least one public hearing that\nprovides for the participation of school personnel, parents, students\nand any other interested parties. Such code of conduct shall include, at\na minimum:\n a. provisions regarding conduct, dress and language deemed appropriate\nand acceptable on school property, including a school function, and\nconduct, dress and language deemed unacceptable and inappropriate on\nschool property, including a school function, and provisions regarding\nacceptable civil and respectful treatment of teachers, school\nadministrators, other school personnel, students and visitors on school\nproperty, including a school function, including the appropriate range\nof disciplinary measures which may be imposed for violation of such\ncode, and the roles of teachers, administrators, other school personnel,\nthe board of education and parents;\n b. standards and procedures to assure security and safety of students\nand school personnel;\n c. provisions for the removal from the classroom and from school\nproperty, including a school function, of students and other persons who\nviolate the code;\n d. disciplinary measures to be taken in incidents involving the\npossession or use of illegal substances or weapons, the use of physical\nforce, vandalism, violation of another student's civil rights and\nthreats of violence;\n e. provisions for detention, suspension and removal from the classroom\nof students, consistent with section thirty-two hundred fourteen of this\nchapter and other applicable federal, state and local laws including\nprovisions for the school authorities to establish policies and\nprocedures to ensure the provision of continued educational programming\nand activities for students removed from the classroom, placed in\ndetention, or suspended from school;\n f. procedures by which violations are reported, determined, discipline\nmeasures imposed and discipline measures carried out;\n g. provisions ensuring such code and the enforcement thereof are in\ncompliance with state and federal laws relating to students with\ndisabilities;\n h. provisions setting forth the procedures by which local law\nenforcement agencies shall be notified of code violations which\nconstitute a crime;\n i. provisions setting forth the circumstances under and procedures by\nwhich persons in parental relation to the student shall be notified of\ncode violations;\n j. provisions setting forth the circumstances under and procedures by\nwhich a complaint in criminal court, a juvenile delinquency petition or\nperson in need of supervision petition as defined in articles three and\nseven of the family court act will be filed;\n k. circumstances under and procedures by which referral to appropriate\nhuman service agencies s
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