A+ Citizenship Policy

Nixa Public Schools
A+ Citizenship Policy

An important component of the A + Schools Program is the fostering of good citizenship in our district's students. A student demonstrates good citizenship by showing respect for self, law, property, and the rights of others.

At the end of each semester student discipline records will be reviewed. Student discipline records will be maintained throughout their four (4) years of high school. In-school and out-of-school suspension days are accumulative over the four(4) years a student attends high school. Citizenship / discipline violations that may jeopardize a student's A + Status include, but are not limited to, the following;

Suspensions (Out-of-School)

Any student who receives three (3) days of out-of-school suspension will receive a written warning. A student who receives an additional three (3) days out-of-school suspension (total of 6 Days) will result in immediate removal from the A + Schools Program. 

Automatic Ineligibility 

A student will be removed immediately from the A + Schools Program and thus forfeit the opporunity to receive funds through this program for any of the following:

Drugs / Alcohol / Substance Abuse

• Violation of the Nixa Public Schools Drug / Alcohol / Substance Abuse Policy outlined in the board policy for the duration of the A + Agreement time. 
• Pled guilty or nolo contednere (no contest) to, received a suspended imposition of sentence or suspend execution of sentence for agreed or a deferred prosecution for or been convicted or found guilty with of with unlawful possession, under the influence, or selling of drugs, paraphernalia or alcohol.

Violation of Local , State or Federal Criminal Laws

• Pled guilty or nolo contendere (no contest) to, received a suspended imposition of sentence or suspended execution of sentence for agreed or a deferred prosecution for, or been convicted or found guilty of a felony. 
• The student has been charged with one or more of the following crimes or their equivalent, regardless of jurisdiction:
  • First and second degree murder
  • Kidnapping
  • First, second and third degree assault
  • Rape in the first degree or sodomy
  • First and second degree burglary
  • Robbery in the first degree
  • Distribution of drugs
  • Distribution of drugs to a minor
  • First degree arson
  • Voluntary/involuntary manslaughter
  • Rape in the second degree
  • Felonious restraint
  • Property damage, first degree
  • Possession of a weapon (provisions of chapter 571 Missouri revised statutes)
  • Child molestation in the first degree
  • Deviate sexual assault
  • Sexual misconduct involving a child, first degree sexual abuse
  • Harassment
  • Stalking
  • Possession of controlled substance

Definitions

First Warning - A written warning will be issued when a student has accumulated six (6) days of in school suspension and is in jeopardy of being removed from the A + Schools Program as outlined above

Second Warning - A certified letter will be issued to the parent  guardian placing the student on probation once the student has accumulated 12 days of in school suspension or three (3) days out of school suspension and is in jeopardy of being removed from the A + Program as outlined above.  

Removal from the Program - The student and the parent / guardian will be notified via certified mail that the student has been removed from the A + Program and will not be eligible to receive the A + Scholarship.

Participation Agreement, Discipline and Appeal

All students wishing to participate in the A + Schools Program must submit a completed A + participation agreement. If the coordinator determines that a student who has submitted a participation agreement has violated the terms of that agreement or district policies or procedures regarding A + participation, the coordinator will issue a written warning or remove the student from this program through the A + building levels appeals committee. If further review is solicited, in accordance with written district procedures, the student or the student's parents may appeal to the Board of Education or to a committee of Board members appointed by the president of the Board and given the authority to act for the Board. The Board or the Board's committee will hear the student's appeal in closed session and will notify the student of its decision.  

Approved 8/15/19