KGC/GBK: Prohibited Use, Distribution or Sale of Tobacco Products or Inhalant Delivery Systems
Code: KGC/GBK
Adopted: 1/04/07
Revised/Readopted: 1/12/11; 9/09/15; 6/11/18
Orig. Code(s): KGC/GBK/JFCG
Overview
To be consistent with Oregon Law OAR 581-021-0110 and district curriculum. The board therefore establishes an environment free of tobacco, smoke, aerosols and/or vapors containing inhalants.
No staff member or school visitor is permitted to smoke, inhale, dip, chew, sell or distribute tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems or products at any time, including non-school hours, in any building, facility, or vehicle owned, leased, rented, or chartered by the school district, school or public charter school, or on school grounds, athletic grounds, or parking lots, or at school-sponsored activities on or off district premises. Staff or others authorized to use any private vehicle to transport district students to school-sponsored activities are prohibited from using tobacco products and inhalant delivery system products or similar devices in those vehicles while students are under their care.
For the purposes of this rule “tobacco product” is defined to include, but not limited to, any lighted or unlighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, bidi, clove cigarette, and any other smoking product, and spit tobacco, also known as smokeless, dip, chew, and snuff, in any form. This does not include products that are USFDAapproved for sale as a tobacco cessation product or for any other therapeutic purpose, if marketed and sold solely for the approved purpose.
For the purpose of this policy, “inhalant delivery system” means a device that can be used to deliver nicotine or cannabinoids in the form of a vapor or aerosol to a person inhaling from the device; or a component of a device or a substance in any form sold for the purpose of being vaporized or aerosolized by a device, whether the component or substance is sold or not sold separately. This does not include products that are USFDA-approved for sale as a tobacco cessation product or for any other therapeutic purpose, if marketed and sold solely for the approved purpose.
Advertising
Clothing, bags, hats and other personal items used by staff to display, promote or advertise tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems are prohibited on district grounds or premises, including parking lots, at school-sponsored activities or in district vehicles. Tobacco product or inhalant delivery system product advertising is prohibited, on all district premises, including parking lots, in all school-sponsored publications and at all school-sponsored events. District acceptance of gifts or funds from the tobacco product or inhalant delivery system product industries is similarly prohibited. The district will not contract with other public or private alternative schools that allow the use of tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems or products on campus.
Staff Violations
Staff violations of this policy will lead to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. Violations by all others will result in appropriate sanctions as determined and imposed by the superintendent or the board.
District Responsibility Information about community resources and/or cessation programs to help staff and students overcome tobacco use will be provided (i.e., the Oregon Tobacco Quit Line (800-784-8669, 877-266-3863 - Spanish and 877-777-6534 - TTY), other cessation resources and positive alternatives to discipline). Cessation programs may be established at district schools.
The superintendent shall consult with local officials to promote enforcement of law that prohibits the possession of tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems or products by persons under 21 years of age on or off district grounds or at district-sponsored activities.
The superintendent will develop guidelines as necessary to implement this policy, including provisions for notification of the district’s policy, through such means as staff handbooks, newsletters, inclusion on school event programs, signage at appropriate locations; disciplinary consequences; and procedures for filing and handling complaints about violations of the district’s policy.
END OF POLICY
Legal Reference(s): ORS 332.107 ORS 336.227 ORS 339.883 ORS 431A.175 ORS 433.835 to -433.990 OAR 581-021-0110 OAR 581-053-0230(9)(s) Pro-Children Act of 1994, 20 U.S.C. §§ 6081-6084 (2012). Cross Reference(s): OAR 581-053-0330(1)(m) OAR 581-053-0430(12) OAR 581-053-0531(11) GBK/KGC - Prohibited Use, Distribution or Sale of Tobacco Products or Inhalant Delivery Systems
END OF POLICY
Legal Reference(s):
ORS 332.107
ORS 336.227
ORS 339.883
ORS 431A.175
ORS 433.835 to -433.990
OAR 581-021-0110
OAR 581-053-0230(9)(s)
OAR 581-053-0330(1)(m)
OAR 581-053-0430(12)
OAR 581-053-0531(11)
Pro-Children Act of 1994, 20 U.S.C. §§ 6081-6084 (2012).
Cross Reference(s):
KGC/GBK/JFCG - Prohibited Use, Possession, Distribution or Sale of Tobacco Products or Inhalant Delivery Systems
