4.0 - 4.3 Possession of Use of Weapons

It is the policy of this school district to comply fully with the Gun-Free Schools Act.

A. Any student in this school district who uses or possesses a firearm at school, at any school-sponsored event, or in or upon any school property including school transportation or school-sponsored transportation except under Oklahoma Statue, Title 21, Section 1290 will be removed from school for not less than one (1) full calendar year. Such firearm or weapon will be confiscated and released only to proper legal authorities.

Firearms are defined in title 18 of the United States Code, Section 921, as:
(1) Any weapon (including a starter gun) which will, or is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive;
(2) The frame or receiver of any such weapon;
(3) Any firearm muffler or firearm silencer;
(4) Any destructive device, including any explosive, incendiary or poison gas, bomb, grenade, or rocket, having a propellant charge of more than four ounces; a missile having any explosive incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce; or mine or any device similar to the above.

Great Plains Technology Center defines a firearm as any device that emits a projectile that can or might cause damage, injury, or mayhem.

B. Oklahoma Statue, Title 21, Section 1280 prohibits any person, except a peace officer or other person authorized by the Great Plains Technology Center Board of Education, to have in such person’s possession on any public or private school property or while in any school bus or vehicle used by any school for transportation of students or teachers any weapon as defined below:

C.

Any pistol, revolver, dagger, bowie knife, dirk knife, switchblade knife, spring-type, sword cane, knife having a blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring, or other device in the handle of the knife, blackjack, loaded cane, Billy club, hand chain, metal knuckles, laser, stun gun, pepper spray, or any other offensive weapon. Definition of weapon is not limited to examples listed. Any knife with a blade length greater than 2.5 inches shall be considered an offensive weapon as well.

(1) First and Subsequent Offenses 

(a) The appropriate Administrator will notify the parents/guardians and request an immediate conference. Law enforcement officials will be notified immediately.
(b) The student will be suspended for the remainder of the current semester and up-to-the next full semester as determined by the Executive Director of Instructional Development or his designee.
The term of the suspension may be modified by the Superintendent on a case-by-case basis.
(c) During any period of suspension, the student will lose credit for all schoolwork and will forfeit the privilege of participating in or attending any and all extracurricular activities.

D. Students with disabilities are subject to this policy and will be disciplined in accordance with the Students with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act if any such students are determined to be in violation of this policy.

Students who maliciously injure another person are subject to short or long term suspension and will be referred to law enforcement authorities. Per Oklahoma Statue, Title 21, Section 650. 7-8, felony charges may be filed against any person(s) committing an aggravated assault or battery upon any school employee.

Nothing in this discipline policy shall be construed so as to deny a student the right to fair and orderly hearings, appeals, counsel, and due process in cases, which may end in short or long term suspension. The Executive Director of Instructional Development or their designee shall interpret this policy in a just manner, given the circumstances of each individual case.

At the conclusion of any suspension the Executive Director of Instructional Development or their designee may require a conference with the student and his/her parent or legal guardian as a condition for reentry to school.