§ 16-21-18 - Students prohibited from bringing or possessing firearms on school premises. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 16-21-18

   § 16-21-18  Students prohibited frombringing or possessing firearms on school premises. – The school penalty for bringing or possessing a weapon as defined in 18 U.S.C.§ 921, a firearm or realistic replica of a firearm within school premises,premises being used for school purposes or activities, into a vehicle used forschool transportation, or onto a roadway or path along which school children orteachers are walking to school shall be suspension from school for one year.This penalty will also be incurred when a student is not on school premises butwhen he or she aims a firearm or realistic replica of a firearm at schoolpremises, school vehicles, or students, staff, or visitors attending school orin transit to or from school. This term of suspension may be shortened by thesuperintendent of schools on a case-by-case basis and under guidelines to bedeveloped by the school committee with broad parent, teacher, and communityinvolvement.