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  School District 5 and Flathead High School District

NONINSTRUCTIONAL OPERATIONS		8225
Tobbaco Free Policy

The District maintains tobacco-free buildings and grounds.  Tobacco includes but is not limited to cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco. 

Use of tobacco products in a public school building or on public school property is prohibited, unless the use of a tobacco product in a classroom or on other school property as part of a lecture, demonstration, or educational forum sanctioned by a school administrator or faculty member concerning the risks associated with using tobacco products.

For the purpose of this policy, “public school building or public school property” means:

• Public land, fixtures, buildings, or other property owned or occupied by an institution for the teaching of minor children that is established and maintained under the laws of the state of Montana at public expense; and
  
  
• Includes all school district grounds, playgrounds, school steps, parking lots, administration buildings, athletic facilities, gymnasiums, locker rooms, and school buses

 

Legal Reference:	§ 20-1-220, MCA	Use of tobacco product in public school building or property prohibited
	§§ 50-40-101, et seq., MCA	Montana Clean Indoor Air Act of 1979
	ARM 37.111.825	Health Supervision and Maintenance
Policy History:
Adopted on:	01/04/2000
Revised on:	08/14/2007