Contents:
- Purpose
- Scope
- Students' rights
- The student's duties
- Order
- Behavior
- Absence and leave
- Measures in case of violation
- Punishable offences
- Determination of grade in order and behavior
- Case processing rules for sanctions
- Damage and compensation
1. Purpose
Askøyskolen shall be characterized by a positive and constructive collaboration between students, parents and staff, where students learn to see themselves as co-responsible for a good community and where key values such as respect and tolerance are emphasized. The learning environment must promote health, well-being and learning.
The rules of order for Askøyskolen shall be a tool for achieving such an objective. The regulations are based on the school giving all students the best possible learning outcome in a safe and good school environment.
2. Scope
These additional regulations apply to after-school and homework help and are based on the regulations that apply during school hours. After-school care and homework help are not covered by points 7 and 10, but are included to have the same numbering as the school's rules of order.
The schools are responsible for the students in teaching, events, excursions and more where the students are under the school's management. This means that the rules of order and behavior apply in all types of classrooms, common rooms and outdoor areas and when students have classes elsewhere than on the school grounds, for example in projects, camp school and study trips.
The rules of order apply as far as it also applies on the way to and from school.
Bullying or other violations that occur outside the school area and outside school hours may be sanctioned according to these regulations if they have a strong enough connection to the school and the school environment.
3. Students' rights
Students are entitled to:
• a safe and good school environment, free from physical, psychological and verbal harassment or bullying from pupils and adults (cf. Plan for a safe and good school environment)
• a safe and good physical school environment
• to be treated with respect
• to have their possessions in peace
4. The student's duties
Students are required to:
• contribute to a safe and good school environment, free from psychological and verbal harassment or bullying
• show respect for others
• treat others in a proper way
• meeting appointments precisely
5. The order
In SFO and homework help, it is good practice to:
• do your part to keep the school grounds clean and tidy
• take good care of everything that belongs to the school both outside and inside
• bring the necessary teaching aids and equipment for homework help
6. Conduct
It is good behavior to:
• be nice and polite
• refrain from swearing or using other offensive language
• do not bully, or in other ways violate others physically, verbally or digitally
• to use the school's ICT equipment in accordance with the municipality's ICT regulations (addendum to the order regulations)
• not be violent or make threats
• do not bring and/or enjoy tobacco, snuff or be under the influence of drugs (see point 6. 1 on drugs)
• do not bring dangerous or illegal objects or weapons on the school premises (see point 6. 2 on dangerous and illegal objects)
• have the necessary work composure in homework help
6. 1 Drugs
It is forbidden to be intoxicated, bring, store, sell or be in possession of tobacco, snus, alcohol, drugs or other drugs on the school premises.
The school will seize tobacco and other drugs that are brought, stored, enjoyed or sold on the school's premises.
Seizures of tobacco and alcohol are handed over to parents / guardians. Other drugs must be handed over to the police.
6. 2 Dangerous and illegal items
It is not allowed to bring dangerous objects on the school grounds. By dangerous objects is meant objects that can be used to inflict harm on others.
Dangerous objects will be seized by the school. Illegal objects, such as weapons and the like, will be handed over to the police. Other seized items are handed over to parents / guardians.
7. Absence and leave
Does not apply to after-school/homework help
8.Measures in case of violation of rules
8. 1 General about the use of measures
Violations of the rules of order can be followed up in various ways, partly assessed according to the seriousness of the breach, frequency of repetition and partly according to the student's prerequisites.
Often, informal correction, one or more additional guidance conversations with the student as part of the ongoing assessment of the student's order and behavior, or more frequent contact with the student's parents than the minimum requirement may be sufficient.
In other cases, the school may find it necessary to impose some form of sanction. Only those mentioned in 8. 2 can be used for this. Physical punishment or other abusive treatment shall not occur under any circumstances (Education Act § 9A-10). However, see section 9. 3 on physical intervention to stop an incident.
8. 2 Measures that can be used as a sanction for breach of the rules of order.
A sanction should be given as soon as possible after a breach of regulations, preferably on the same day, and it must be in proportion to the severity of the breach of the rules of order and the individual's preconditions.
The following sanctions can be used for violations of the order and conduct regulations:
• written notification to parents/guardians
• order to correct the damage the student himself has caused to the school's property and/or assets - for example, clean rubbish, wash floors or remove tagging.
• confiscation of illegal items.
• restrictions on the use of the school's computers cf. Askøy municipality's ICT regulations for primary schools.
• restricted freedom of movement by, for example, an order to be near a named employee or to be in a restricted area inside or outside.
• take children out of activities in SFO.
• end homework help for one day, and after dialogue with parents consider further participation in homework help.
The student is obliged to comply with imposed sanctions.
8. 3 Use of physical force (to stop violence, fighting, vandalism, etc.)
Neither staff nor pupils may use physical force. The use of physical force may be subject to the provisions of the Criminal Code. To a certain extent, employees have the opportunity to use physical force to prevent students from harming themselves or others, or damaging the school's property, cf. §§47 and 48 of the Criminal Code.
Emergency law / emergency defense can, for example, be to stop fights or protect oneself from threatening and violent students. In addition, school staff will have a duty to care for students and prevent violations if necessary in the specific conflict. The employees may therefore, in certain situations, not only have a right, but also a duty to intervene in threatening situations towards students, cf. the Education Act § 9A-4. joint. Such an obligation will not arise if the intervention entails a danger to the employee's own health.
9. Punishable conditions
If there is a suspicion of criminal activity, the school can request the assistance of the police to carry out checks or other measures. This applies to matters such as theft, damage, violence, threats, coercion, drugs, racist statements and actions, sexual harassment, harassment due to religion or belief and the like.
The student's parents / guardians must, where possible, be notified orally at the same time as the police are requested for assistance. In any case, parents / guardians must be notified in writing that an application has been made for police assistance. Criminal offenses can be reported to the police.
If the victim is a student, the guardian decides whether the matter should be reported.
10. Determination of character in order and behavior
Does not apply to after-school/homework help
11. Procedure rules for sanctions
The Education Act does not provide exhaustive rules on case processing. The processing of violations of the Rules of Order and Conduct follows the case processing rules in the Public Administration Act.
11. 1 The student's right to explain himself
Before a decision is made to use one of the measures in point 8, the student must be given the opportunity to explain himself to staff, the headmaster or whoever the headmaster authorizes - cf. Section 2A-9 of the Education Act.
In order for the case to be as well informed as possible, cf. section 17 of the Administration Act, subsection 1, consideration must be given to obtaining information from others than the pupil himself, for example from pupils and staff who witnessed the order band, and from the teachers who know the student's best - especially the student's contact teacher.
11. 2 Sanctions that can only be imposed by the principal
• Only the headmaster can report disorderly conduct to the police. In the case of personal injury, it is the councilor who reports.
• The headmaster decides whether financial compensation is to be demanded from the student and/or parents.
12. Damage and compensation
12. 1 Vandalism of the school's buildings and assets
Intentional or negligent damage or vandalism of the school's property and equipment may result in a claim for compensation against parents. The same applies to loss or destruction of books and other equipment with up to NOK 5 per claim. In the assessment, consideration shall be given to age, development, behavior exhibited, financial ability and other circumstances (Cf. the Compensation Act §§ 000-1 and 1-1.)
Students who commit vandalism may be ordered to clean up after themselves / repair damage that has been caused when the clean-up consists of work the student has the prerequisite to do, and the work is in reasonable proportion to the violation.
12. 2 Damage / loss of students' personal belongings
As a general rule, Askøy municipality is not responsible for the pupils' assets that are lost or damaged on the school grounds during school hours.
The municipality may in special cases undertake to provide fair compensation for lost or damaged assets in the following cases:
• items and equipment that are necessary for the student for health reasons
• objects that are damaged or destroyed as part of teaching
• Other cases where it is considered reasonable that the expense is covered by the school. Such decisions are assessed on the basis of a concrete judgment based on each individual case.
Fairness compensation is not normally given for loss or damage of:
• Cash, jewellery, unusually expensive clothes or other valuables.
• Lost items.
• Injuries that occur during play in the schoolyard.
A maximum of 75% of documented expenses can be paid, but not more than NOK 1500.
Fairness compensation can only be granted when the damage is not covered by insurance, social security or other schemes. The applicant must be able to document that an attempt has been made to cover the loss through insurance without this having yielded results.
If the student is fully or partially responsible for the incident, the compensation is reduced or waived accordingly.
When a student intentionally, or after a breach of the school's rules of order, inflicts damage on fellow students, the student in question becomes liable for the damage.
Measurement
A maximum of 75% of documented expenses can be paid, but not more than NOK 1500 per claim.
Case processing
An application for compensation is sent to the school. Together with the application for compensation, there must be a specified invoice or exact cost estimate from a professional body.
The principal assesses and decides whether compensation can be granted. There is no right of appeal against the principal's decision.
