Gun-Free Schools Act

In accordance with the federal Gun-Free Schools Act, LTS shall expel, from the student’s regular program for a period of one year, any student who is determined to have brought a firearm, as defined by federal law, to school. The principal or designee may modify the term of expulsion for a student or assess another comparable penalty that results in the student’s expulsion from the regular school program on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with legal requirements.

For the purposes of this section, “firearm” means the following:

• 1. Any weapon—including a starter gun—which will, which is designed to, or which may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive from the frame or receiver of any such weapon;
• 2. Any firearm muffler or firearm silencer;
• 3. Any destructive device. “Destructive device” means any explosive, incendiary or poison gas bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than 1/4 ounce, mine, or device similar to any of the preceding described devices. It also means any type of weapon—other than a shotgun shell or a shotgun that is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes—by whatever name known which will, or which may be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, and which has any barrel with a bore of more than 1/2 inch in diameter; and any combination of parts either designed or intended for use in converting any device into a destructive device as described, and from which a destructive device may be readily assembled.