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Search and Seizure <br />Board Policy 5145.12 <br />As necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of students and staff, ROP officials may search students, <br />their property and/or ROP property under their control and may seize illegal, unsafe and prohibited items. The <br />Governing Board requires that discretion, good judgment, and common sense be exercised in all cases of search <br />and seizure. <br />Individual Searches <br />ROP officials may search individual students, their property, and ROP property under their control when there is <br />a reasonable suspicion that the search will uncover evidence that the student is violating the law, Board policy, <br />administrative regulation, or other rules of the ROP or the school. <br />Employees shall not conduct strip searches or body cavity searches of any student. <br />Searches of individual students shall be conducted in the presence of at least two ROP employees. <br />The program administrator or designee shall notify the parent/guardian of a minor student subjected to an <br />individualized search as soon as possible after the search. <br />Selection, Evaluation, and Adoption of Textbooks <br />Board Policy 6162 <br />Textbooks shall support and enhance course objectives. Textbooks being considered for adoption by the Board <br />will be reviewed and evaluated by appropriate certificated staff. Content validity, inclusion of Career Technical <br />Education and academic standards, current technology, and appropriateness for a diverse student population <br />shall be considered in the selection. <br />Sexual Harassment <br />Board Policy 5145.7 <br />The Governing Board is committed to maintaining an educational environment that is free from harassment. The <br />Board prohibits sexual harassment of students by other students, employees, or other person in ROP classes, <br />or at ROP-sponsored or ROP-related activities. The Board also prohibits retaliatory behavior or action against <br />persons who complain, testify, assists or otherwise participates in the complaint process established in <br />accordance with this policy and the administrative regulation. <br />Any student who engages in sexual harassment of anyone at the ROP or at a ROP-sponsored or ROP-related <br />activity is in violation of this policy and shall be subject to disciplinary action. Disciplinary action may include <br />suspension and/or expulsion, provided that in imposing such discipline, the entire circumstances of the <br />incident(s shall be taken into account. <br />The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that all ROP students receive instruction and information on sexual <br />harassment. Such instruction and information shall include the following: <br />1. The acts and behavior that constitute sexual harassment, including the fact that sexual harassment can <br />occur between people of the same gender; <br />2. A clear message that students do not have to endure sexual harassment; <br />3. Encouragement to report observed instances of sexual harassment, even where the victim of the <br />harassment has not complained; and <br />4. Information about the person(s) to whom a report of sexual harassment should be made. <br />Any student who feels that he/she is being or has been subjected to sexual harassment, shall immediately <br />contact his/her teacher or any other ROP employee. An ROP employee to whom a complaint is made shall, <br />within 24 hours of receiving the complaint, report it to their supervisor or administrator. Any ROP employee who <br />observes any incident of sexual harassment toward any student shall similarly report this observation to his/her <br />supervisor or administrator, whether or not the victim files a complaint. If the alleged harasser is a supervisor or <br />19 <br />