Jesse Bethel High School's Student Handbook Contains Important Information about our School Rules regarding dress and behavior. It is one goal of this website to post the Handbook as an online reference.

As a public school system, the V.C.U.S.D. schools must abide governing body of law described as the California Education Code. The state grants school boards some authority for policy-making.

• Dress Code
• Download Tardy Policy as .doc file
• Download Cellphone Policy as a .doc file

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The State of California maintains a searchable database of it's various legislative codes. A search of that database can be like the proverbial "needle in a haystack" because the search uses a very primitive code with no boolean conditional terms recognized. Consequently, it helps to know which section of the code you need to read in advance for a particular question. Check below for some select areas of the Ed. Code:

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• Catastrophic Leave? see Ed. Code Sec. 44043.5.
• For economically disadvantaged students requiring financial assistance & grants for college undergraduate school there's the CA State University Education Opportunity Act see Ed. Code Sec. 89250-89258.
• Field trips? see Sec. 35330-35332
• Audio recording devices for teachers in the classroom? See Sec. 44034 which permits such devices.
• In-Class Video Films as supplimentary to instruction? See our V.C.U.S.D. Board policy.

Cell Phones/Electronic Devices

All electronic devices should be both turned off and out of sight in the classroom or during instructional time. If a student is outside of the classroom during instructional time he or she should still keep all electronic devices turned off and out of sight.

Consequences for not following the rule:

1st offense – Student is warned and told to turn off and put away device

2nd offense – Device is confiscated and brought to the office where the parent will be called to collect the device

3rd offense – Device will be confiscated and kept until the end of the semester when a parent called to collect the device

A student who continues to violate the policy may be prohibited from possessing the specific electronic device on campus or at school related events.

The above is based on district/board policy. Bethel administration would like to amend this policy, and will appeal to the board to do so. Until further notice, however, this is the policy in place at Jesse Bethel High School.

A teacher confiscating any electronic device must seal the device into a large envelope with the student’s name, teacher’s name, and date of the confiscation on the envelope. The item must be kept in a locked drawer or cabinet until the teacher can bring it to the office, or a campus monitor should be called to transport the item immediately to the office.