Administrative Procedure: 340
STUDENT WELFARE
Background
Schools, which function as one of many social institutions or agencies, carry a specific societal mandate for education of students. School officials also operate in loco parentis.
Procedures
Schools must be conducted in a manner which:
1. Ensures that its educational mandate receives first priority.
2. Ensures that students in school receive, within the limitations of a school setting, similar consideration as would be received from a careful, wise, and judicious parent.
3. Assists other agencies in carrying out their necessary duties in the public interest, without jeopardizing 1 or 2 above.
Reference: Sections 9, 17, 20, 22, 65, 79, 85 School Act
Procedure 340