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IN SUPPORT OF ZERO ] RESOLUTION NUMBER 95/11
TOLERANCE OF WEAPON USE ]
BY STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS ]
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors believes
that all students have the right to attend campuses which are safe
and secure; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors believes that a beginning step
toward safer schools includes participation of parents, students,
teachers, administrators, law enforcement officials, juvenile
justice officials, and community agencies in the development of a
comprehensive plan that focuses on high expectations and student
performance; and
WHEREAS, the maintenance of safe and orderly school environments is
a high priority of parents, students, school district staffs, the
Boards of Education and the Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors believes that students cannot
benefit fully from an educational program unless they attend school
regularly in an environment which is free from physical and
psychological harm; and
WHEREAS, the California Education Code requires boards of education
to hold students accountable for school related acts of willful
misconduct, including the possession of weapons and other injurious
objects and supports finding alternative forms of education for
students removed from schools for possession of weapons .
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County Board of
Supervisors joins with Contra Costa County Boards of Education in
supporting the Zero Tolerance Project, a partnership between school
districts, law enforcement agencies,the probation department, and
the juvenile justice system, which establishes a goal of weapons-
free schools . The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors shall
support and implement the procedures set forth in the Project in
order to promote weapons-free schools .
PASSED by vote of the Board members present on this 17th day of
January, 1995.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
a resolution entered into the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on aresaid.
I7iaVF
F SMITH
Supervisor, District II
Witness my hand and the seal
of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this 17th day of
January, 1995.
PHIL BATCHELOR, County
Administrator and Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors
By XL • l.din
Deputy Clerk