"Zero Tolerance" Rules and Laws Require Severe
Punishment Not Only for Possessing Drugs or Guns, but
Also Any Item Which "Looks Like" a Prohibited Item.
Zero-tolerance policies spread in the 1990s as a tool to fight drug use and violence on campuses. Schools often suspend or expel students for having weapons or drugs, which can include over-the-counter medicine, says educational psychologist Cecil Reynolds of Texas A&M University. Verbal threats, fighting or sexual harassment also can get kids booted, he says. "There are cases such as the kindergarten boy who hugged two classmates. His teacher reported him for sexual harassment, and he was suspended."
2006-09-21
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