FILE:  JC

Cf:  JCD

STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Each student attending an East Baton Rouge Parish public school has the right to a quality education.  It is the purpose of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to operate each school that will provide an orderly process of education and that will provide for the welfare and safety of all students.  In accordance with that purpose, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has adopted and shall maintain a Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook and Discipline Policy which establishes a clear set of expectations for all students to ensure a safe and secure setting for learning.

Each principal or designee shall be required to plan and implement an effective means of orientation concerning the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook and Discipline Policy with emphasis on revisions which have occurred during the past year.  Such orientation shall be conducted for teachers during preschool planning and for students during the first few weeks of school.  Following the orientation, all students in homeroom classes shall receive a standard form to take home and return with their parents' signatures verifying that the parents have received a copy of the handbook or current revisions.

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board