FILE: JCDAC
Cf: JDE
DANGEROUS WEAPONS
The Lafayette Parish School Board shall authorize the principal of each school to automatically suspend, and recommend expulsion for, any student found in possession of a dangerous weapon on the school grounds, on school buses, and/or at any school-sponsored event, at any time, during or after regular school hours, with limited exceptions.
If a student is detained for carrying, or the principal or designee confiscates or seizes a firearm or concealed dangerous weapon from a student while on school property, on a school bus, or at a school function, the principal or designee shall immediately report the detention of the student or seizure of the firearm or weapon to the police department or sheriff's office where the school is located and shall deliver any firearm or weapon seized to that agency. Any principal or designee who fails to report the detention of a student or seizure of a firearm or concealed weapon to a law enforcement agency as required by policy and by law may be subject to disciplinary action as well as criminal penalties under the law.
If a student is detained for carrying a concealed weapon on campus, the principal shall immediately notify the student's parents or legal guardian.
Dangerous weapon means any gas, liquid, or other substance or instrumentality, which in the manner used, is calculated or likely to produce death or great bodily harm. When the student is found in possession of a weapon, the Superintendent shall be immediately notified and the principal shall take appropriate disciplinary action.
Firearm means any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, or assault rifle that is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or from which a shot or projectile is discharged by an explosive.
IMITATION OR TOY WEAPONS
Any object in the form of a weapon, whether it be imitation, facsimile, or a toy, shall be banned from school campuses, buses, and all school activities. The uninvited presence of an imitation, facsimile, or toy weapon on school campuses may cause confusion, fear, and disruption to the academic goals and educational process. Consequences for imitation or toy weapons shall be in accordance with the Lafayette Parish School Board Student Code of Conduct.
FIREARM-FREE ZONES
It is unlawful for a student or nonstudent to intentionally possess a firearm or dangerous weapon on school property, at a school sponsored function, within 1000 feet of school property, or while on a school bus at any time. The area surrounding the school campus or within 1000 feet of any such school campus, and within a school bus shall be designated firearm-free zones. The School Board, in cooperation with local governmental agencies, and the Louisiana Department of Education, shall designate and mark firearm-free zones which surround all schools and school property.
Adopted: October 7, 2015
Revised: August 4, 2021
Ref: 20 USC 7961 (Gun Free Requirements)
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง14:2, 14:95, 14:95.2, 14:95.6, 17:416, 17:416.3, 32:292.1
Board minutes, 10-7-15, 8-4-21
Lafayette Parish School Board