The Honor Code of Conduct applies to all students participating in the following activities: 

All IHSA Athletics, All IHSA Activities, All IHSA Competitions, Band,
Chess, Choir/Madrigals, Debate, Plays/Musicals/Variety Show/Orchesis, 
Group Interpretation/Contest Play, Science Club/JETS/WYSE, Mathletes, 
Scholastic Bowl, Winter Guard, Speech Team, Youth & Government, 
Model UN and Honor Societies.

The term “activities” used throughout this document when referencing the Honor Code of Conduct is inclusive of the above-mentioned activities.

Participation in the aforementioned activities is a privilege not a right. Students in these activities are expected to uphold high standards of behavior both in their activity, during school hours and while outside of school. As participants, they are representatives of our schools, our district, the student body and our communities. Students governed by the Honor Code of Conduct, who possess, use or are in the presence of alcohol, illegal drugs, or tobacco in any form will face consequences as described in the Honor Code of Conduct. When alcohol or drugs in any form are present at student parties, students involved in athletics or activities must leave the party immediately to avoid Honor Code of Conduct violations. This Honor Code of Conduct will be enforced 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. A student may be excluded from activities or competition while the school is conducting an investigation regarding that student’s conduct. All student participants are expected to review and adhere to the conditions of Honor Code of Conduct as outlined in the Student Handbook.

The goal of the activities program is to provide opportunities for students to pursue interests and develop life skills beyond the classroom. An additional goal is to develop the skills of students which will allow them to compete to the best of their ability within the School Board policies and the by-laws of any association of which the school is a member.

Participants must conduct themselves at all times, including after school and on days school is not in session, as good citizens and exemplars of their school and of District 230– they must behave in ways that are consistent with good sportsmanship, leadership, and appropriate moral conduct. They are expected to demonstrate good citizenship and exemplary conduct in the classroom, in the community, and during all facets of the activity.

The Honor Code of Conduct below describes the expectations and goals of the competitive and/or performance program. The Honor Code of Conduct does not contain a complete list of inappropriate behaviors for students involved in such activities. This Honor Code of Conduct will be enforced 365 days a year, 24 hours per day. A student may be excluded from activities or competition while the school is conducting an investigation regarding that student’s conduct. A student found to be in violation of the Honor Code of Conduct while in school, on school property, or at a school-sponsored event, may also be subject to the Consolidated High School District 230 discipline guidelines and consequences.

Students and their parents/guardians are encouraged to seek assistance from the student assistance program regarding alcohol or other drug problems.

A student participating in activities governed by the Honor Code of Conduct will be subject to disciplinary action if he or she violates this Honor Code of Conduct. Violations will be treated cumulatively, over four years, with disciplinary penalties increasing with each subsequent violation.

The student shall not:

1. Violate the District’s policies or procedures on student behavior.
2. Use, possess, buy, sell, barter, or distribute a beverage containing alcohol (except for religious purposes);
3. Use, possess, buy, sell, barter, or distribute tobacco, or nicotine materials in any forms, including vaping devices, including without limitation e-cigarettes;
4. Use, possess, buy, sell, barter, or distribute cannabis in anay form, unless exempted under Ashley's Law
5. Use, posses, buy, sell, barter, or distribute any illegal substance (including mood altering and performance enhancing drugs or chemicals) or paraphernalia:
6. Use, possess, buy, sell, barter, or distribute any object that is or could be considered a weapon or any item that is a “look alike” weapon.  This prohibition does not prohibit legal use of weapons in cooking and in sports, such as archery, martial arts practice, target shooting, hunting, and skeet;
7. Attend a party or other gathering and/or ride in a vehicle where alcohol, cannabis, and/or controlled substances are discovered, used, possessed, bought, sold, bartered, distributed, and/or are being consumed by minors;
8. Act in an unsportsmanlike manner
9. vandalize or steal
10. Haze or bully other students (See Policies 7:180 and 7:190 AP 1);
11. Violate the written rules for the activity or sport;
12. Behave in a manner that is detrimental to the good of the group or school;
13. Be insubordinate or disrepectful toward the activitiy's sponsors or team's coaching staff;
14. Falsify any infomration contained on any permit or permission form required by the activity or sport
15. Engage in conduct that violates IHSA rules and regulations, local ordinance, or state or federal law.

NOTE: Any student who knowingly disregards or fails to act on coach’s or activity sponsor’s directive, or acts in violation of the parent-student handbook, may be subject to suspension or dismissal from a team or a group. The term will be determined by the coach/sponsor after consultation with the athletic director, activities director and/or the activity board. The Honor Code of Conduct in enforced year round.

The intent of the Honor Code of Conduct is threefold:

1. provide students a reason to resist peer pressure and make good choices when drugs, alcohol, and/or tobacco products are involved.
2. provide students and their families an opportunity to seek help when poor choices are made involving drugs, alcohol, and/or tobacco products.
3. provide students a reason to resist other poor decisions not involving drugs, alcohol, or tobacco products.

Students who do not make good choices, as determined by the Dean’s investigation, will be disciplined as outlined in the Honor Code of Conduct and the District discipline guidelines.

The Activity Board for each school shall consist of the following members: Principal and/or AP, Dean of Students, Athletic Director, and current Coach or Activity Supervisor/Sponsor.

The Activity Board shall meet after a request has been presented to the Assistant Principal/Associate Principal to consider a disciplinary case involving a participant. The Activity Board shall weigh the evidence that is presented and, after considering the best interests of the student and the school, make a decision on the disposition of the student’s case. All decisions made by the Activity Board are final and are not subject to appeal. Any and all requirements, bylaws, and IHSA rules will be followed and will supersede any decisions made by the Activity Board.

Suspension from performances, activities, or competitions will go into effect with the first performance, activity, or competition following the completion of the investigation. If any amount of the suspended number of performances, activities, or competitions cannot be fulfilled in the current season or school year, the student will serve the remaining suspended number of performances, activities, or competitions in their next season or activity.

Students involved in more than one athletic or performance activity during the time of the rule infraction will be subject to exclusions in each of the activities as outlined in the Honor Code of Conduct. Per National Honor Society bylaws, any behavior that violates the Code of Conduct may result in removal from National Honor Society.

In cooperation with School Assistance Coordinator (SAC), student-athletes or activity participants and their parent(s) will be provided with chemical awareness information and school/community-based resources should any help or support be needed.

Reports of offenses committed outside of the school will be accepted from the following individuals:

• Consolidated High School District 230 staff or administration
• Law Enforcement Officials
• One-time Student Voluntary Self-Admissions
• Parent of Student Committing Offense
• Current students
• Identified Private Citizens (*see below)

*The intent of the Honor Code of Conduct is not to encourage adults to ‘police’ students in order to turn them in for punishment; however, if parents or community members have witnessed or have firsthand information of student behaviors that are in violation of the Honor Code of Conduct, they are encouraged to contact the high school Dean’s’ office immediately to schedule a time to meet with administration to share the information they have. Such first-hand information must be reported to the school within 72 hours of acquiring this information. Anonymous tips will not be accepted as a form of reporting.

Use or possession of tobacco

Use or possession of vaping device or e-cigarette

Attend a party or other gathering and/or ride in a vehicle where alcoholic beverages and/or controlled substances are discovered, used, possessed, bought, sold, bartered, distributed, and/or are being consumed by minors

1ST OFFENSE

• Parent notification
• Suspension from all current in-season activities for 10% of the competitive or performance season. Note: In the case of activities that have four or fewer events, a minimum suspension of one event will be applied.
• Out of season students will complete suspension during the next available season and include all activities during that season.
• If any amount of the suspended number of performances, activities, or competitions cannot be fulfilled in the current season or school year, the student will serve the remaining suspended number of performances, activities, or competitions in their next season or activity.
• The student will be referred to the Student Assistance Coordinator.
• The student will be expected to participate in all practices and attend all contests during that time. (unless suspended or expelled from school)

2ND OFFENSE

• Parent notification
• Suspension from all current in-season activities for 20% of the competitive or performance season. with a minimum suspension of one event.
• Note: In the case of activities that have four or fewer events, a minimum suspension of two events will be applied.
• Out of season students will complete suspension during the next available season and include all activities during that season.
• If any amount of the suspended number of performances, activities, or competitions cannot be fulfilled in the current season or school year, the student will serve the remaining suspended number of performances, activities, or competitions in their next season or activity.
• To participate again in any activities, the student must, at the family’s expense, successfully participate and complete a school-approved alcohol or other drug abuse assessment and follow all recommendations from that assessment
• The student will be expected to participate in all practices and attend all contests during that time. (unless suspended or expelled from school)

3RD OFFENSE

• Suspension from all performances, activities, or competitions for the remainder of the student’s high school career.

Use, possession, buying, selling, bartering, or distributing alcohol, other drugs, and/or counterfeit “look-alike” drugs

Misuse of prescription medication

1ST OFFENSE

• Parent notification
• Suspension from all current in-season activities for 20% of the competitive or performance season.
• Out of season students will complete suspension during the next available season and include all activities during that season.
• If any amount of the suspended number of performances, activities, or competitions cannot be fulfilled in the current season or school year, the student will serve the remaining suspended number of performances, activities, or competitions in their next season or activity.
• To participate again in any activities, the student must, at the family’s expense, successfully participate and complete a school-approved alcohol or other drug abuse assessment and follow all recommendations from that assessment.
• The student will be expected to participate in all practices and attend all contests during that time (unless suspended or expelled from school).

2ND OFFENSE

• Mandatory parent meeting with the Activity Board to communicate consequence listed below and to reiterate Honor Code expectations and procedures.
• Suspension from all current in season activities for 50% of the competitive or performance season.
• Out of season students will complete suspension during the next available season and include all activities during that season.
• If any amount of the suspended number of performances, activities, or competitions cannot be fulfilled in the current season or school year, the student will serve the remaining suspended number of performances, activities, or competitions in their next season or activity.
• To participate again in any activities, the student must, at the family’s expense, successfully participate and complete a school-approved alcohol or other drug abuse assessment and follow all recommendations from that assessment.
• The student will be expected to participate in all practices and attend all contests during that time (unless suspended or expelled from school).

3RD OFFENSE

• Suspension from all performances, activities, or competitions for the remainder of the student’s high school career.

Gross Disobedience

Sanctions for Gross Disobedience violations other than drugs and alcohol will be based on the nature of the offense and the number of offenses.

Any non-drug/alcohol violation that results in an OSS or if Dean’s Office become aware of criminal charges.

1ST OFFENSE

• Mandatory parent meeting with Activity Board to determine consequence and plan for reinstatement.
• Depending on the severity of findings, violations in Category C will result in suspension or removal from all performances, activities, or competitions for a minimum of 20% of all co-curriculars for up to 1 calendar year.
• The student will be expected to participate in all practices and attend all contests during that time (unless suspended or expelled from school).

2ND OFFENSE

• Mandatory parent meeting with the Activity Board to communicate consequence listed below and to reiterate Honor Code expectations and procedures.
• Suspension for 1 calendar year of all performances, activities, or competitions.

3RD OFFENSE

• Suspension from all performances, activities, or competitions for the remainder of high school career.

Honor Code of Conduct violations are cumulative over a student’s high school career. Regardless of the category, the code violations will be totaled together.

The Honor Code of Conduct penalties do not limit the authority of the Administration to apply appropriate discipline. Students who violate the Code of Conduct may be subject to disciplinary consequences outlined in the Parent-Student Handbook and Board Policy.

A voluntary admission shall occur when a student or student’s parent initiates communication and admission with a certified employee of the school district before the student is arrested, detained, confronted or apprehended by any law enforcement personnel, school personnel, other governmental personnel or a private citizen. The voluntary admission to the coach/sponsor/athletic or activities director must:
occur on the first school day following the rule violation. 
A student voluntarily admitting to a violation of the Honor Code of Conduct on a first offense will not be subject to any loss of competition or performance time. 
A student may use voluntary admission only one time during his/her high school career and a student may NOT use voluntary admission if the event is already known by the school. 

The student will be required to attend an educational substance abuse program that has been approved by the school district at the student’s expense.

Students not admitting to a violation during an initial investigation, who are later found to have committed the violation due to additional facts obtained by the Dean’s’ office, will be processed with a Category C violation due to dishonesty and insubordination.

Students who are in the presence of drugs or alcohol but did not use either may voluntarily admit prior to the initiation of an investigation of the incident to avoid a classification of a Category A violation. If evidence becomes available at a later date that demonstrates the student was involved in the use of drugs or alcohol at the incident, a Category C violation will be applied.

A voluntary admission for a second offense will result in processing the violation as a first offense including loss of contests or performances as outlined in the Honor Code of Conduct, if the student has not used a voluntary admission previously. The purpose of this provision is to allow a student to seek help.