Littleton Public Schools Regulation

Policy Code    JICDA-R Policy Name    Student Code of Conduct                                  October 5, 1993

This policy is included in the Student Code of Conduct (S11-008).

A.  Off-Campus Conduct

      In determining whether to impose discipline for off-campus conduct, administrators will be guided by the following criteria:

         1.   The extent that other students or staff were involved in an off-campus incident.

         2.   The seriousness of the offense.

         3.   When and where the conduct occurred.

         4.   The effect, and the extent of that effect, of the conduct on the school operation and/or environment.

B.   Self-Defense

      For purposes of this code, “self-defense” means the use of physical force on another person in order to defend oneself or a third person from what one reasonably believes to be an actual or imminent threat of harmful contact. For the use of physical force to be considered self-defense, three elements must be present:

         1.   The person must not use more force than a reasonable person would have under the same circumstances;

         2.   The person must not have provoked the incident; and

         3.   There was no reasonable means of avoiding the contact.