Code of conduct for students - International School

Pursuant to Article 34 of the Statute of International School, the Executive Board of International School at the meeting held on 27 June 2022 adopted the following:

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR STUDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

I Basic provisions

Article 1

The Code of Conduct (hereinafter: Code) regulates the behaviour of employees, students, parents or legal guardians of students (hereinafter: Parents), and third parties at the International School (hereinafter: School).

Article 2

Compliance with the Code ensures the successful realisation of the School’s educational activities, improves discipline and safety at the School, safeguards the School’s property and the property of students, employees, parents and third parties and contributes to the reputation of the School.

The Code of Conduct promotes the core values of the Cambridge International Programme, including integrity, respect, responsibility and accountability, and sense of community for students, teachers, parents and all other parties included in the educational process.

Article 3

The School fosters relationships based on mutual understanding and respect toward students, employees and parents.

Employees have a duty to contribute to the development of a positive working environment in the School through their work and overall behaviour.

Article 4

Behaviour aimed at endangering, ridiculing, discriminating or setting apart students, their parents, employees or any other person or persons overtly or covertly based on their: race, nationality, ethnicity, status of a migrant or refugee, language, religion or gender, gender identity or sexual orientation, physical or psychological traits, developmental disorder or disability, health status, age, social or cultural background, conviction, family and marital status, financial status, political affiliation, political or union membership, or based on other real or assumed personal characteristics, or other grounds specified in the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination is prohibited in the School.

Special measures introduced to ensure full equality, protection and promotion of persons, or groups of persons who are in an unequal position are not considered acts of discrimination.

The School is obligated to act in accordance with the provisions of the Law on the Foundations of the Education System in cases of alleged or confirmed discriminatory behaviour.

Article 5

The School prohibits the following behaviour toward employees, students, children, parents or third parties:

discrimination and discriminatory behaviour;
physical, mental, social, sexual, digital and any other violence and abuse;
abuse and neglect;
behaviour that violates and threatens one’s dignity, reputation or honour;
any form of political organisation and activism.

Article 6

Violence and abuse imply any form of one-off or repeated verbal or non-verbal behaviour resulting in a real or potential threat to the health, development and dignity of a student.

Neglect and negligence is a failure of the School or its employees to provide the conditions for the unhindered development of a student.

The School is obligated to immediately report any signs of violence, abuse or neglect among students to the competent authority.

Article 7

Physical violence implies: physical punishment of a student by an employee, parent or a third person carried out on the School premises; any behaviour that may result in actual or potential physical injury of a student or employee; violent behaviour of an employee toward a student, student to another student, or an employee.

Mental or psychological abuse implies any behaviour that may cause an immediate or permanent threat to one’s emotional and psychological health and dignity.

Social abuse is the exclusion of a student or a group of students from various School activities.

Sexual abuse and molestation implies all forms of harassing, soliciting or coercing a student to engage in sexual activities he or she does not want, does not understand, or is not mature enough for, or exploiting students for prostitution, pornography and other forms of sexual exploitation.

Digital violence or abuse is the misuse of information and communication technologies to cause harm to another person, or their dignity, and implies sending emails, texts, MMS, communication on a website, chat rooms, forums, social networks and other forms of digital communication.

The School is obligated to immediately report any signs of violence, abuse or neglect among students to the competent authority.

Article 8

The School prohibits all forms of violence and abuse defined in the Code and committed by a student or parent against a teacher, expert associate or other employee.

Violation of any of the provisions referred in paragraph 1 of this Article by a parent shall initiate either minor offence charges or criminal charges.

Article 9

Actions of the School in response to violence and abuse will be carried out in accordance with the Rulebook on Institutional Response to Cases of Suspected or Confirmed Discriminatory Behaviour, Shaming, Humiliation and Violation of Personal Dignity which defines the measures and manner for implementing prevention and intervention activities, conditions and methods of risk assessment, manners of protection against violence, abuse and neglect.

Article 10

The School principal (hereinafter: Principal) is in obligation to undertake the appropriate measures and activities within the School jurisdiction within three days from learning about a violation of the prohibitions from paragraph 1 of this Article.

Article 11

Students who violate the Code of Conduct, student obligations, or any of the prohibitions stated above shall be treated in accordance with the measures specified by Law or the general act of the School.

Article 12

The School prohibits all forms of political activism or organisation, as well as the use of the school premises for this purpose.

II Employee conduct

Article 13

Employees are obligated to contribute to the reputation of the School and the development of a positive atmosphere at the School with their work, overall conduct and appearance.

Article 14

All employees are obligated:

to arrive at work regularly and on time, and to register their activities on the platform for employees;
to perform their professional duties in a consistent and conscientious manner;
to duly inform the Principal, Executive Manager or the School Secretary about their inability to come to work;
to refrain from actions that may violate the rights of students and/or other individuals;
to make sure students and employees are able to exercise their rights, and fulfil obligations and responsibilities;
to report to the Principal via business email any violation of the students’ or employees’ rights at the moment when they find out about them;
to arrive at work suitably dressed and to wear the school uniform and appropriate clothing in curricular and extracurricular activities during the working hours;
to abstain from alcohol or other substances that may affect their ability to work before and during working hours;
to abstain from smoking on the School premises;
to fulfil their professional duties defined in the Regulations of labour;
to comply with the Law on Protecting the Population from Exposure to Tobacco Smoke;
not to bring weapons, or other dangerous objects that may inflict injuries, endanger the lives of students and employees or cause damage to the School property to the School premises;
not to use mobile phones or other devices that may interrupt the teaching process on the premises of the School, except when said devices are used for educational purposes;
not to damage property of the School, students, other employees, parents of third parties;
to use the School assets, equipment and consumables for official purposes only;
not to take out school records, other documents, school assets, equipment or consumables outside the School premises without the permission of the Principal or Executive Manager;
not to make unauthorised recordings on the School premises;
to ensure the equipment and school assets used by the students in curricular and extracurricular activities are used in accordance with the School’s rules and procedures;
to conscientiously and consistently implement the principles of environmental sustainability and use energy/power rationally (to turn off the lights, computers, and projectors before leaving the School after working hours);
to provide and exchange information with their co-workers in a conscientious and timely manner;
to behave responsibly during curricular and extracurricular activities, and to contribute to the implementation of appropriate behaviour even outside the school;
to establish and maintain quality communication in the team, with students, parents and associates in a way that contributes to the reputation of the school and the strengthening of school rules.

Additionally, all teachers are obligated:

come to work at least 10 minutes before their lesson starts
to make records of the lessons and absentees in the e-diary at the beginning of each lesson, not later than 10 minutes after the class has started;
to make records of the lessons, remedial and additional classes in the class diary, in a timely manner;
to grade students and enter their marks into the e-diary on time and in accordance with the Grading Regulations;
to regularly submit plans and reports in accordance with the School calendar;
to regularly attend school staff meetings and professional development training;
to cooperate with other employees of the School on the organisation of curricular and extracurricular activities.

Article 15

Teachers on duty are forbidden to leave the place of duty until the end of the lesson determined as duty time.

School Security is forbidden to leave the place of duty unless they are needed for other activities on the school premises.

Article 16

The duty is performed in the Learning Center, or other places if necessary, in accordance with the Principal’s decision.

School Security performs its duty in the designated place at the school’s entrance.

Principal or Executive Manager determines the attendance of the teachers on duty and the school’s security and keeps the records of their attendance.

Article 17

During their work hours, teachers and the staff are obliged to wear their uniform.

Teachers and other employees of the School should maintain their personal hygiene and the cleanliness of their clothes and shoes.

Article 18

Inappropriate clothing for teachers includes:

inappropriately short skirts or trousers (thigh length, 5cm above knees);
blouses and tops with gaping necklines or straps;
extremely short or transparent blouses and tops;
flip-flops and slide sandals;
torn jeans;
transparent or torn clothes;
oversized jewellery;
head covering (caps, beanies, scarves, etc.);
sports team logos, emblems and jerseys.

Teachers wearing any of the articles listed above shall be considered inappropriately dressed.

Security and cleaning staff, as well as restaurant staff shall wear uniforms in compliance with the regulations of the company with which the School has signed a cooperation agreement.

Article 19

Security and cleaning staff are to inform the monitoring teacher, Principal, Executive Manager or the School Secretary about any change that may potentially cause the disturbance or threaten the safety at School without delay.

III Students conduct

Article 20

Students are obligated:

to abide by this Code and other general acts of the School on the School premises and the schoolyard, or other places where educational work takes place, as well as on their way to and from School;
to abide by the decisions of the School bodies;
to act according to the instructions of the Principal, Executive Manager, class teachers, teachers and expert associates;
to respect other students, class teachers and other employees of the School;
to behave courteously toward other students, School employees, parents and third parties on the School premises and other places where educational work takes place, as well as on their way to and from School;
to speak to the monitoring teachers, lower school teachers and class teachers, and if necessary, other employees of the School about solving issues pertaining to their relationship with other students, teachers, parents or third parties;
to conscientiously report any form of violence on the School premises by informing the monitoring teachers, lower school teachers and class teachers, expert associates, School Secretary, Executive Manager or the Principal;
to regularly attend lessons and other forms of educational work and to conscientiously fulfil their academic obligations;
not to be late for lessons or other forms of educational work;
to come to lessons prepared, using the teaching aids necessary for following lessons;
to conscientiously work on acquiring knowledge, skills and values prescribed in the School curriculum;
to monitor their own progress and inform their class teachers, subject teachers and parents about it;
to display their actual knowledge in the assessment process without the use of copying, crib notes or other forms of illicit assistance;
not to disturb lessons and knowledge acquisition of other students with their disruptive behaviour in the classroom or other places where instruction is carried out;
not to use the school computers, Ipads or personal mobile devices in lessons for activities that were not approved by the teacher;
not to leave class or other forms of instruction without prior permission of the class/subject teacher;
to wear the School uniform during curricular and extracurricular activities, and come to School appropriately dressed (avoiding transparent, short or torn clothes);
to inform their parents in a timely manner so they could justify their absences with appropriate documentation and within the legal timeframe;
to take care of the School property, cleanliness and appearance of the School premises;
to take care of the environment and behave in accordance with the rules of environmental ethics;
to refrain from making unauthorised changes in the school records;
to comply with the ban of mobile phones and other devices that may interrupt teaching in class, unless a class or subject teacher allows it for instructional purposes;
not to carry weapons, pyrotechnic devices and other objects that can be used to inflict injuries, endanger the lives of students and employees or damage the property of the School and the personal property of individuals in the School building, on their way to and from school, or in other places where instruction is carried out;
not to use tobacco, alcohol, narcotics or other substances in the School building or in other places where educational work takes place, and not to encourage other students to use them;
not to provoke fights, participate in fights or encourage others to engage in any form of violence;
not to express any kind of national, racial, religious intolerance or other discriminatory behaviour;
not to leave the School premises during breaks or extracurricular activities unless their parents have given their consent;
to use a vocabulary appropriate for the school environment, without curses and derogatory names;
to comply with the dates of the scheduled oral and written examinations, as well as other significant dates defined in the school calendar, and to refrain from deliberate absenteeism.

Article 21

Students are required to be in the classroom five minutes before the start of the lesson and to wait quietly for the arrival of the class or subject teacher.

If the classroom is unlocked by the class teacher, subject teacher or another individual hired by the School, students are required to quietly wait for the class or subject teacher in the hallway.

Students are obliged to stay in their classrooms for at least 15 minutes after the lesson has started if the teacher did not show up. Students are obligated to inform the monitoring teacher that their class or subject teacher has not appeared, so he/she could provide a substitute. If the teacher does not show up during that time or the monitoring teacher doesn’t provide a substitute, the students can leave the lesson and approach the study time, while the scheduled lesson is noted as not held.

Students are required to comply with the School Code of Conduct and not to disrupt instruction in other classes.

Article 22

Students who are late for class must not linger in the hallways or the entry hall, nor leave the School premises without permission. Instead, they are to be accompanied to the Learning Center or other place for the study time by the monitoring teacher, or the school security.

Article 23

When school periods are over, students are to leave the School in a quiet and orderly manner.

School cannot be held accountable for what happens outside the School premises, because it falls outside of its jurisdiction.

Student uniform

Article 24

All students are required to wear the prescribed school uniform.

The student uniform comprises a short-sleeved and long-sleeved polo shirt in different colours

Students get a PE uniform at the beginning of the school year for their Physical Education lessons, and it comprises:

white T-shirt with the School logo;
gray tracksuit bottom with the School logo (boys and girls);
shorts with the School logo (boys);
shorts with the School logo (girls);
tracksuit top.

Article 25

Students should maintain their personal hygiene and the cleanliness of their clothes and shoes.

Article 26

Inappropriate clothing for students includes:

inappropriately short skirts or trousers (thigh length, more than 5cm above knees);
blouses and tops with gaping necklines or straps;
extremely short or transparent blouses and tops;
flip-flops and slide sandals;
torn jeans;
transparent or torn clothes;
inappropriately high heels (over 5 cm);
oversized jewellery;
head covering (caps, beanies, carves, etc.);
sport team logos, emblems and jerseys.

Students wearing any of the articles listed above shall be considered inappropriately dressed.

Article 27

Symbols in any way offensive to any race, ethnicity or religion are prohibited.

Wearing any personal articles of clothing that may disrupt the visual identity of the School is prohibited.

Jewellery and makeup should be discreet.

Student clothing should fully cover their underwear.

All students are required to maintain their personal hygiene.

Article 28

Students are required to wear the prescribed uniform during all curricular and extracurricular activities.

Students are required to wear their training kits during PE classes provided by the School at the beginning of the school year.

Students are required to wear their school uniform, or the special ceremonial uniform prescribed by the School for special occasions during public events (competitions and other public events) where teachers and students represent the School, and to be mindful of the dress code, unless the rules of the event specify otherwise.

Students are not obligated to wear the school uniform on the school/study trips, cultural and other events held after school, unless specified otherwise by the Principal’s decision.

Code of Conduct Violation

Article 29

If a student violates the rules of conduct, disregards the decisions of the Principal and the School bodies, if they are unjustifiably absent for five school periods, if their behaviour threatens others in exercising their rights, the School is obligated, in cooperation with the student’s parents or guardians, to implement enhanced supervision and pedagogical work within form lessons, through the expert work of the class teacher, counsellor, psychologist, and special teams, and if necessary, cooperate with the appropriate social and healthcare institutions in order to provide support to the student and address their behaviour.

Article 30

Students shall be held accountable for any breach of obligations, and subject to disciplinary and substantive liability, as defined in the School’s regulations.

Minor Breaches of Student Obligations

Article 31

Incident Reports on Minor or Major Infringements can be written by a class teacher or the School Principal.

Incident Report on Minor Infringements is kept in the student’s record permanently.

Article 32

A minor breach occurs if a student:

fails to comply with the decisions of the competent School bodies, Code of Conduct or other general acts of the School;
fails to execute orders, requests or instructions of their class or subject teacher, or other employees of the School;
refuses to wear the school uniform on the School premises, or any other place where teaching and learning is carried out;
comes to School or other places where educational work is carried out inappropriately dressed for planned activities, untidy and neglecting personal hygiene;
behaves inappropriately, rudely, aggressively and impolitely toward other students, class and subject teachers, expert associates, employees or other individuals in the School, or any other place where teaching is organised.
fails to protect the School property, or the property of any other organisation from damage during school/study trips or in cases when lessons are organised outside the School;
deliberately damages the School building, premises, inventory, installations and equipment, vandalising the School and the schoolyard;
does not protect from damage, or deliberately usurps the property and personal belongings of other students, class and subject teachers, or other employees of the School;
disregards personal hygiene and neatness, as well as the hygiene and neatness of the School premises;
eats and drinks in the classrooms or hallways, instead in the canteen;
enters the teacher’s lounge and other official premises without an invitation or permission;
lingers in the hallways or other premises during lessons;
deliberately skips oral and written examinations to seek the assistance of expert associates or other teachers;
litters on the School premises, schoolyard or in the vicinity of the School;
posts, removes, moves or rotates various posters or notices without the permission of the School authorities, or obstructs the monitors displaying School notices;
unjustifiably refuses to participate in the activities organised by the School (public appearances, community service, initiatives, events, etc.);
leaves the School premises during class, lunch break or other breaks without the consent of their parents or teachers;
smokes on the School premises, as well as in other places where smoking is prohibited by law, including e-cigarettes;
refuses to abide by the safety and protection measures on the School premises, on school/study trips, outdoor lessons, or other curricular or extracurricular activities organised by the School;
misuses the doctor’s note or other document justifying the student’s absence from school;
is not seated and ready for class when the bell rings, or is late for class, or leaves the class or other activities organised by the School early;
behaves unruly in the classroom and other School premises during class and tests, as well during other educational, sports or cultural activities organised by the School;
brings laser devices, mobile phones or any other electronic device that may disrupt classes, or damage the school equipment temporarily or permanently into the classroom;
uses a mobile phone, iPad or laptop for activities and purposes not defined in the lesson timetable;
fails to attend lessons regularly, amassing 10 unjustified absences within a school year;
violates the provisions of the Regulations on Plagiarism and Copyright Violations;
due to gross negligence, damages any resource of the School’s information and communication system (hereinafter: ICT*) used for educational purposes;
indirectly participates in an activity that resulted in the damage of any School’s ICT resource;
compromises or attempts to compromise electronic communications by impeding or disabling the School’s ICT resources;
deliberately damages or destroys the School’s ICT resources;
plans to disable, damage or destroy devices within the School’s ICT system;
conceals damage, disabling and destruction to devices within the School’s ICT system;
compromises and disables the Platform for Students;
compromises and disables the Distance Learning Platform;
compromises and disables the Platform for Teachers;
compromises and disables the functioning of the Student Information System (UIS);
compromises and disables the School’s email and other accounts;
endangers information security as follows;
unauthorised use of the Platform for Students, Distance Learning Platform, Platform for Teachers, other students’ and teachers’ UIS;
negligent storing of personalised digital data;
unauthorised use, sharing, forwarding, sending and copying of non-personalised data;
using, sharing, forwarding, sending and copying data to cheat, and planting other people’s data as their own;
tampers with and uses personal information of other people without authorisation;
uses group email addresses without permission;
shares or publishes online content aimed at discrediting, shaming, ridiculing or humiliating teachers, students, other employees or the School’s reputation;
endangers the integrity of students and teachers – misrepresenting themselves using another person’s account;
provokes incidents in the information system: using illicit methods to access information, hinders Wi-Fi signal, disables devices, uses other activities to access information that may be misused;
endangers the cryptographic security** of the networks and systems;
uses cryptographic hardware and software products.

Major Breaches of Student Obligations and Disciplinary Measures

Article 33

A major breach occurs if a student:

destroys, damages, conceals, releases, modifies or enters data in the records kept by the School or other organisation and body;
modifies or enters data in a public document issued by the School or its body, or a document issued by another organisation;
destroys or steals the property of the School, company, entrepreneur, student or employee;
uses and possesses alcohol, narcotics or other psychoactive substances, or encourages, helps and gives them to another student;
brings weapons, pyrotechnics or other objects that may injure or endanger another individual to School or another organisation;
behaves in a way that may physically and psychologically endanger their own safety and the safety of other students, teachers and employees of the School during class and other activities organised outside the School;
uses mobile phones, electronic devices and other objects to violate the rights of others, or to cheat in the assessment process;
amasses over 25 unjustified absences from class and other forms of educational work within a school year, whereby 15 absences occur after the parents have received a written notification from the School;
frequent minor breaches of the student obligations throughout the school year.

In the case of three minor breaches, the class teacher is obliged to write the Incident Report on Major Infringements as described in paragraph 1 of this Article.

Incident Report on Major Infringements is kept in the student’s record permanently.

In case of suspected abuse of alcohol, narcotics or other psychoactive substances by a student, the School reserves the right to send the student to an emergency medical examination accompanied by an employee, and/or parent, with the prior written consent of the student’s parents.

If the results of the test are positive and in the case referred to in the previous paragraph of this Article, the class teacher shall submit a proposal to initiate a disciplinary procedure to the Principal, stating information about the student, description of the major breach of the student obligations or violation of the prohibitions, time, place and manner of the violation, and enclosing relevant evidence.

If a student refuses the medical examination referred to in the previous paragraph, it shall be considered he/she has committed a major breach of the student obligations referred to in paragraph 1, item 4 of this Article

Pedagogical and Disciplinary Measures

Article 34

Students shall be held responsible for the breaches of the following prohibitions:

prohibition of discrimination;
prohibition of violence and abuse;
prohibition of discriminatory behaviour, shaming, humiliation or violation of personal dignity.

Article 35

For a minor breach of the student obligations, a class teacher or the School Principal inserts a Warning note and/or writes an Incident Report on Minor Infringements.

Article 36

For major breaches of the student obligations and violation of the prohibitions, the class teacher must write an Incident Report on Major Infringements on the same day the breach has happened, or the next workday, and submit a preposition for introducing the pedagogical and disciplinary procedure in which are stated the student’s information, description of the major breach or a prohibition, time and place of the breach or a violation of the prohibition and the manner in which the student made a major breach or a violation of the prohibition, and submits appropriate evidence.

Article 37

Pedagogical and disciplinary measures are imposed during the school year in which the breach of obligations or violation of the prohibitions was committed.

Pedagogical and disciplinary measure can be:

Class teacher’s or mentor’s warning
Written warning made by the class teacher, written in a form of an Incident Report on Minor Infringements;
Counselling with the school’s Counsellor
Written Warning made by the class teacher in a form of an Incident Report on Major Infringements;
Voluntary or humanitarian service;
Suspension of the student with the obligation to attend classes using a distance learning platform;
Expulsion from the School.

Points 4, 5, 6 and 7 within paragraph 2 of this Article are reserved for the major breaches of the student obligations, while the points 6 and 7 within paragraph 2 of this article can be issued only after the pedagogical and disciplinary procedure is ended in accordance with the Principal’s Decision.

For the measures referred to in items 6 and 7 of paragraph 2 of this Article, the principal shall appoint a special commission by decision, which shall consist, in addition to the principal as chairman of the commission, of the subject teacher and school counsellor. The commission makes a decision on the suspension or expulsion of students from school, and the principal signs the decision.

Article 38

In cases when the undertaken measures result in positive changes in the student’s behaviour, the procedure will be terminated, unless the committed violation of the prohibitions seriously threatens another person’s integrity.

Article 39

In addition to a pedagogical, or pedagogical-disciplinary measure, the School can also impose a community sentence or the obligation to perform humanitarian work that shall be carried out on the School premises, or outside of it, under the supervision of a teacher or expert associate.

Community sentence or humanitarian work referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall be determined in accordance with the severity of the violation, taking into account the student’s psychophysical state and health, age and dignity, about which the School is obligated to immediately inform the student’s parents.

Article 40

For major breaches of the student obligations and violations of the prohibitions, a pedagogical-disciplinary measure shall be imposed after the disciplinary procedure has been carried out and responsibility has been established.

In cases when the undertaken activities result in a positive change in the student’s behaviour, the procedure shall be terminated, unless the committed violation represents a serious threat to another person’s integrity.

The student, or parent has the right to file a complaint to the School Board against the imposed pedagogical-disciplinary measure for committing a major breach of the student obligations, or violation of the prohibitions within eight days from the receipt of the decision on established liability and the imposed measure.

The School Board shall decide on the complaint referred to in the previous Paragraph of this Article within 15 days from the receipt of the complaint by the student, or parent.

The complaint postpones the execution of the Principal’s decision.

The student or their parents are entitled to judicial protection in administrative disputes against a second instance decision on an imposed pedagogical-disciplinary measure – expulsion.

Article 41

The measure imposed may be revoked at the proposal of the class teacher, in cases when it has been assessed there have been positive changes in the student’s behaviour at the end of the first or third trimester at the latest.

Article 42

If during the course of the procedure, the School determines the student has committed multiple breaches of the student obligations, measures for all committed violations shall be imposed cumulatively, provided that the measure imposed cannot be lower than the one defined for the gravest breach of obligations.

Article 43

In the imposition of the pedagogical and pedagogical-disciplinary measures, the particular attention shall be paid to:

gravity of the breach and its consequences;
circumstances under which the breach was committed;
aggravating and mitigating circumstances;
gradualism in punishment;
degree of accountability and liability of the student (intent, negligence);
age and psychophysical state of the student;
expressed remorse for committing the breach;
prior breaches/violations of the student obligations – causes for committing breaches.

Article 44

The imposed pedagogical and pedagogical-disciplinary measures shall be entered into the student’s file.

Article 45

The imposed pedagogical and pedagogical-disciplinary measures are valid in the school year in which the breach was committed, but are permanently kept in the student’s file.

The Procedure for Determining Liability and Prescribing Measures

Pedagogical-Disciplinary Procedure

Article 46

For minor breaches of the student obligations the following pedagogical-disciplinary measure will be applied: class teacher’s warning in the form of an Incident Report on Minor Infringements or counselling with the school’s counselor.

For major breaches of the student obligations and violations of the prohibitions, the School shall initiate a pedagogical-disciplinary procedure, and inform the student’s parents and witnesses about the day of the hearing, unless they have been previously notified by the conclusion on the initiation of the pedagogical-disciplinary procedure or the Incident Report on Major Infringements.

The class teacher, teacher or other person that possesses the information about a committed breach is to inform the Principal that there is a valid reason to suspect the student has committed a major breach of the student obligations, or violation of the prohibitions. If the reasons stated in the proposal for the initiation of the pedagogical-disciplinary procedure are justified, the Principal shall issue a conclusion on the initiation of a pedagogical-disciplinary procedure.

The Principal shall manage and issue a conclusion on the initiation of a pedagogical-disciplinary procedure.

In a pedagogical-disciplinary procedure, the student, his parents and all other participants and witnesses must be interrogated and give a written statement. The disciplinary committee gathers evidence (students’ and employees’ statements, accurate records of unjustified absences, etc.). The committee conducts the procedure in accordance with the rules of the general administrative procedure. The committee consists of: Principal who is a mandatory member and the chairman of the committee, class teacher – committee member, and a teacher who teaches the student – committee member. The committee is obligated to interrogate the student, in the presence of his/her parents, read witness statements to them, allow them to comment on those statements, and to confront the student with witnesses if necessary.

Minutes of the pedagogical-disciplinary procedure are to be taken. The minutes contain the information on the student, description of the major breach of the student obligations or violation of the prohibitions, time, place and manner of the breach or violation.

The conclusion of the disciplinary committee must contain the information on the student, description of a major breach of the student obligations or violation of the prohibitions, time, place and manner of the breach or violation, and appropriate evidence.

The conclusion on the initiation of a pedagogical-disciplinary procedure shall be delivered to the student, or his/her parents.

In the event the parent of the student who was duly notified about the procedure fails to appear at the hearing, the Principal shall appoint the school psychologist, or the school counsellor to represent the student’s interests in the procedure immediately, or the next day at the latest, and notify the parents.

In the event the parent of the student who was duly notified about the procedure fails to appear at the hearing three times and does not answer the calls, the conclusion on the pedagogical-disciplinary measure will be delivered to them and it will be prescribed in three days’ time after the delivery.

The pedagogical-disciplinary procedure for committing a major breach of the student obligations shall be initiated within eight days of learning about the breach. The pedagogical-disciplinary procedure for committing a violation of the prohibition shall be initiated immediately or within two days of learning about the violation.

The pedagogical-disciplinary procedure shall be completed, after implementing enhanced pedagogical work with the student, by passing a decision within 30 days of the date of initiation.

Before passing a decision, all the facts relevant for the decision must be identified.

In the event the student decides to withdraw from school during the course of the pedagogical-disciplinary procedure and transfer to another school, the School is obligated to enter the note that the disciplinary procedure has been initiated against the student into his/her
withdrawal form.

Article 47

The student against whom the pedagogical-disciplinary procedure has been initiated or against whom any pedagogical-disciplinary measure has been imposed shall not be allowed to go to school/study trips until the procedure is finalised.

Article 48

The written engrossment, i.e. decision on the imposition of a pedagogical-disciplinary measure or the decision on the release of the student from liability shall be delivered to the student’s parents in person, or by registered mail within eight days from the adoption.

Circumstances excluding Disciplinary Liability

Article 49

Two types of circumstances exclude a breach of student obligations:

act committed in necessary defence;
act committed in necessity.

Necessary defence is any defence needed for one to repel an unlawful attack for one’s own good or the good of another.

Necessity arises when the action is performed to remove a danger that could not be removed otherwise, for one’s own good or the good of another, and without committing an act of evil greater than the existing threat.

Exceeding the limits of necessary defence and necessity does not exclude disciplinary liability. Exceeding the limits of necessary defence arises when one crosses the limit of necessary defence needed to repel an unlawful attack.

Substantive Liability of Students

Article 50

Student, or their parent, is liable for any material damage to the School property caused intentionally or in gross negligence by the student, in accordance with the Law.

The procedure for the dispute resolution by an agreement is described in the Regulations on disciplinary and substantive liability of students.

In the event the student or their parents does not reimburse the School for the damages, the School shall initiate legal proceedings to recover the debt.

Parent Responsibilities

Article 51

Students’ parents are responsible for:

regular school attendance and attendance during extracurricular activities;
regular preparatory program attendance;
informing the School immediately, or within 48 hours at the latest about the student’s inability to attend lessons;
justifying student’s absence no later than eight days after the reasons for the student’s absence have ceased with an appropriate doctor’s note or similar document;
having the student participate in all forms of educational work at the invitation of the School;
violation of the prohibitions committed by the student;
major breaches of the student obligations;
adhering to the School rules;
compensation for the material damage caused to the School by the student, either intentionally or in gross negligence, in accordance with the Law.

The School shall file a request for pressing minor offence charges or criminal charges for the purpose of establishing the liability of the parents for reasons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.

Legal Protection of Students

Article 52

The student, or their parents have the right to file a complaint to the School Board against the imposed pedagogical-disciplinary measure for committing a major breach of the student obligations or violation of the prohibitions within three days from the date of the receipt of the decision on the established liability and imposed measure.

Article 53

The School Board shall decide on the complaint referred to in Article 52 of this Code within 15 days from the date of receipt. The complaint postpones the execution of the Principal’s decision.

Article 54

The School Board, in the second instance, is obligated to rescind the decision on the expulsion of the student from School, or confirm the expulsion with a separate decision.

Article 55

A student who believes that the imposition of a pedagogical-disciplinary measure, based on the School bodies’ final decisions or lack thereof, violated their rights defined under Law, or violations (that affect the student status), may submit a request for the protection of their rights to the Ministry of Education within eight days of learning about the violation of their rights.

The student or their parents are entitled to judicial protection in administrative disputes against a second instance decision on an imposed pedagogical-disciplinary measure.

Records on Imposed Pedagogical and Pedagogical-Disciplinary Measures

Article 56

The class teacher shall keep records of the pedagogical sessions with students. The records should comprise the following information:

first name and surname of the student;
date of imposition, type and reason for imposing a pedagogical measure;
student counselling (date and content);
parent counselling (date and content).

The expert associate shall keep records of the counselling sessions with both students and parents of the students against whom pedagogical and pedagogical-disciplinary measures were imposed, as well as records of the cooperation between the School and the social and healthcare institutions the goal of which is improving the student’s behaviour.

The School Board shall keep records of all imposed pedagogical-disciplinary measures.

The information in the said records is strictly confidential and available only to the School Board and competent inspection services.

Compensation of Material Damage Caused to the School

Article 57

Student, or their parent, is liable for any material damage to the School property caused by the student intentionally or in gross negligence, in accordance with the Law.

The procedure for establishing the substantive liability of the student is initiated by the Principal, and conducted by the Committee appointed by the Principal. The class teacher is a member of the Committee.

The amount of damages is determined on the basis of a price list or the bookkeeping value of the asset, or the estimated value of the damaged asset.

Damage assessment is conducted by the Committee.

If the damage was caused by more than one student, they shall be held equally liable for the damage, if the role and share of each student in the caused damage cannot be determined.

The Principal issues a decision on the substantive liability of the student, amount of damages and the obligation of the student, or their parent to compensate for the damages within a given period, based on the Committee’s proposal.

The compensation for the damages shall be paid to the transfer account of the School, or the company that suffered damages.

The Principal may decide to release a student, or their parent from substantive liability for causing damage to the School property due to a difficult financial situation.

The student, or their parent, may file a complaint to the School Board against the Principal’s decision on the substantive liability of the student within 15 days of the receipt.

The School Board is obligated to decide on the complaint within 15 days of the receipt.

The decision of the School Board is final.

School Textbooks and Other Literature

Article 58

The School issues a set of textbooks for the current year, or for the two year curriculum, to each student at the beginning of each school year.

Article 59

Students are allowed to use the School library free of charge, and the librarians keep detailed records on borrowed and returned books, textbooks and other literature. Students may borrow and return books to the library every day from 8.30 AM to 3.30 PM.

The student is allowed to borrow one book at a time, or several if they come in sets. A student is not allowed to borrow more than three books at a time. A student is allowed to retain the borrowed book for 14 days, with the possibility of extending the loan period by additional ten days, but not later than the end of the current school year.

Article 60

Each student is obligated to take due care of the textbooks, and return the set of textbooks at the end of the school year in the same condition in which they were issued at the beginning of the school year. It is strictly prohibited to underline or highlight the text, write notes on the sidelines or the covers, fold the pages or damage the textbooks in any other way.

Each student is obligated to take due care of the books borrowed from the library and after the loan period referred to in Article 59, return the books in the same condition in which they were lent.

It is strictly prohibited to underline or highlight the text, write notes on the sidelines or the covers, or damage the library books in any other way.

Article 61

If, at the end of the school year, during the retrieval of the textbooks, the library staff determines one or several of the textbooks have been lost, damaged or destroyed, the parent is obligated to compensate the School for the entire amount of the textbook’s market price at the time of the damage, and if the said textbook is no longer available on the market, the parent is obligated to compensate for the monetary damage paying the amount at which the School purchased the textbook while it was available on the market.

Article 62

If the student damages, loses or destroys a book or other publication referred to in Article 59 borrowed from the library, the parent is obligated to compensate the School for the entire amount of the book’s market price at the time of the damage, and if the book or other publication is no longer available on the market, the parent is obligated to compensate for the monetary damage paying the amount at which the book or other publication was purchased while it was available on the market.

If the student does not return a book or other publication from the library within the period referred to in Article 59, paragraph 2, the parent is obligated to pay a €5 penalty in RSD equivalent on the day of payment at the National Bank of Serbia’s selling exchange rate for each week after the expiration of the specified loan period.

Conduct of Parents and Third Parties

Article 63

Parents and third parties (hereinafter: other persons) are obligated to adhere to the Code and other general acts of the School.

Article 64

Upon entering the School building, other persons are obligated to report to the security person on duty for the purpose of registration.

Article 65

Other persons are obligated to courteously toward the students, employees and other persons in the School building.

Article 66

In addition to obligations common to all other persons, parents are obligated to do the following:

1. to inform the School in a timely manner about their child’s inability to attend classes, and to justify their absences within the legal timeframe;
2. to come to School at the invitation of the School bodies, counsellor, psychologist or teachers;
3. to participate in enhanced pedagogical supervision of their child at the invitation of the School bodies;
4. to regularly settle their contractual financial obligations toward the School;
5. to regularly attend parent-teacher conferences and show interest in their child’s academic performance and behaviour.

Article 67

Parents are obligated to keep themselves up-to-date about their child’s timetable, curriculum, absences and marks on the parent platform.

Article 68

Parents and third parties are not allowed to:

bring weapons, or other objects that can be used to inflict injuries or endanger the lives of the students and employees, or cause damage to the School property;
smoke on the School premises, which includes: all enclosed working and public spaces, every other enclosed space connected to them (hallways, stairways, common rooms, toilets, waiting rooms, student club, auxiliary objects, rented space, etc.), schoolyard;
bring or use alcohol, opiates, narcotics and other psychoactive substances;
to come to the School premises inappropriately dressed (including: short trousers, shorts, three-quarter length trousers, sleeveless tops, crop shirts and tops, transparent clothing, miniskirts, slide sandals, etc.), or to wear clothes that express their political, religious or other personal affiliations;
to make unauthorised recordings on the School premises and the facilities where the teaching takes place.

In the events of items 1-4, parents and third parties are prohibited from entering the School.

V Final Provisions

Article 69

The regulations shall come into force on the eighth day following their posting on the School’s notice board.

President of the School Board ________________________________________

Nikola Subotić

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