2004 Minnesota Statutes

     121A.69 Hazing policy. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  (a) "Hazing" means 
 committing an act against a student, or coercing a student into 
 committing an act, that creates a substantial risk of harm to a 
 person in order for the student to be initiated into or 
 affiliated with a student organization. 

    (b) "Student organization" means a group, club, or 
 organization having students as its primary members or 
 participants. 

    Subd. 2.    Model policy.  The commissioner of education 
 shall maintain and make available to school boards a model 
 policy on student or staff hazing that addresses the 
 requirements of subdivision 3.  

    Subd. 3.    School board policy.  Each school board 
 shall adopt a written policy governing student or staff hazing.  
 The policy must apply to student behavior that occurs on or off 
 school property and during and after school hours.  The policy 
 must include reporting procedures and disciplinary consequences 
 for violating the policy.  Disciplinary consequences must be 
 sufficiently severe to deter violations and appropriately 
 discipline prohibited behavior.  Disciplinary consequences must 
 conform with sections 121A.41 to 121A.56.  Each school must 
 include the policy in the student handbook on school policies. 

    HIST: 1Sp1997 c 4 art 7 s 35; 1998 c 397 art 9 s 26; art 11 s 
 3; 2003 c 130 s 12