The Governing Board recognizes that tobacco use presents serious health risks and desires to provide support and assistance in reducing the number of students who begin or continue to use tobacco. The Superintendent or designee shall establish a comprehensive program that includes consistent enforcement of laws prohibiting tobacco possession and use by students, tobacco-use prevention education including youth development activities, and intervention and cessation activities and/or referrals.
(cf. 5141.23 - Asthma Management)
Prohibition Against Tobacco Use
Students shall not possess, smoke, or use tobacco, or any product containing tobacco or nicotine, while on campus, while attending school-sponsored activities, or while under the supervision and control of district employees. Prohibited products include, but are not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, miniature cigars, clove cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, snuff, chew packets, and betel. (Education Code 48900, 48901)
(cf. 3513.3 - Tobacco-Free Schools)
(cf. 5131 - Conduct)
(cf. 5144 - Discipline)
(cf. 5144.1 - Suspension and Expulsion/Due Process)
(cf. 5144.2 - Suspension and Expulsion/Due Process (Students with Disabilities))
Students' possession or use of nicotine delivery devices, such as electronic cigarettes, is also prohibited.
These prohibitions do not apply to a student's possession or use of his/her own prescription products.
Intervention/Cessation Services
The district may provide or refer students to counseling, intensive education, and other intervention services to assist in the cessation of tobacco use. When appropriate, such intervention services may be provided as an alternative to suspension for tobacco possession.
(cf. 1020 - Youth Services)
(cf. 5141.6 - School Health Services)
(cf. 5146 - Married/Pregnant/Parenting Students)
(cf. 6164.2 - Guidance/Counseling Services)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
48900 Suspension or expulsion (grounds)
48900.5 Suspension, limitation on imposition; exception
48901 Smoking or use of tobacco prohibited
51202 Instruction in personal and public health and safety
60041 Instructional materials, portrayal of effects of tobacco use
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
104350-104495 Tobacco-use prevention education
119405 Unlawful to sell or furnish electronic cigarettes to minors
PENAL CODE
308 Minimum age for tobacco possession
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 17
6800 Definition, health assessment
6844-6847 Child Health and Disability Prevention program; health assessments
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
7111-7117 Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 21
1140.1-1140.34 Unlawful sale of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to minors
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
88 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 8 (2005)
Management Resources:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
TUPE Acceptance of Funds Guidance
Health Education Content Standards for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, 2008
Health Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, 2003
Getting Results: Part II California Action Guide to Tobacco Use Prevention Education, 2000
WEST ED PUBLICATIONS
Guidebook for the California Healthy Kids Survey
WEB SITES
CSBA: http://www.csba.org
California Department of Education, Tobacco-Use Prevention Education: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/tupe.asp
California Department of Public Health, Tobacco Control: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/tobacco
California Healthy Kids Resource Center: http://www.californiahealthykids.org
California Healthy Kids Survey: http://www.wested.org/hks
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Smoking and Tobacco Use: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco
U.S. Surgeon General: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov
Policy CENTINELA VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: June 9, 2015 Lawndale, California