FILE:  JCDAA

Cf:  EBA

STUDENT TOBACCO USE

Smoking, or possessing any other form of smoking objects or devices, or possessing any tobacco products (e.g. smoke, smokeless, spit, spitless, etc.) on any school campus, school vehicle, or St. John the Baptist Parish School Board property are prohibited.

• School campus includes the elementary or secondary school building and buildings on that campus. 
  
  

• School Board property shall include any portable buildings, field houses, stadiums, equipment storage areas, vacant land, or any property owned, operated, or leased by the board.

All tobacco products are also prohibited at school-sponsored functions (e.g. field trips, athletic events, proms, dances, promotional activities, etc.) including those away from school property.

Parental permission to smoke does not exempt a student from this policy.  Violations shall subject the student to appropriate disciplinary action.

In addition to disciplinary action, those students who are found in violation of this policy shall be referred to the school’s health provider (Nurse, Health Center, or Social Worker) for a tobacco intervention.  The school’s health provider shall have the option of referring the student to the Fax to Quit Louisiana Program, coordinated by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Tobacco Control Program, which refers the student to the Louisiana Quit-line, a free counseling service done over the phone for tobacco cessation.

Adopted:  September 21, 1978

Revised:  September, 1994

Revised:  January 12, 2012

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:240, 17:416, 40:1291.3, 40:1291.11

Board minutes, 7-21-94, 1-12-12

St. John the Baptist Parish School Board