What standards for discipline are in place regarding weapons possession and violence in schools?
A. State law — N.J.S.A. 18A:37-9 through 12 and N.J.A.C. 6A:16-5.5 — requires students who are convicted or adjudicated delinquent for possession of a firearm or who are found to be in possession of a firearm on school property must be removed immediately from the general education program and provided with an alternative program, pending a hearing before the board of education. State law — N.J.S.A. 18A:37-2.2 through 2.5 and N.J.A.C. 6A:16-5.6 – also requires students who commit assaults upon members of the school community with a weapon other than a firearm to be removed immediately from the school’s general education program and provided with an alternative program, pending a hearing before the board of education. In addition, DOE has established regulations (N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7) on student conduct that provide requirements for codes regarding the following: student conduct, short- and long-term suspensions; student’s due process procedural and educational rights; expulsions; conduc
