CHAPTER XIX: SCHOOLS
Section
19-1   SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
   19-1.1   Possession, Detection, of Weapons in Schoolhouses
   19-1.2   Monthly Report on Incidents
   19-1.3   School Bus Safety
19-2   SALARY OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
19-3   PUBLIC SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE ANNUAL AUDITING
   19-3.1   Report by Boston Public School Department
   19-3.2   Report by Healthy Schools Task Force
19-1   SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
19-1.1   Possession, Detection, of Weapons in Schoolhouses.
   No person other than a sworn Officer of the commonwealth, a member of the military service on active duty or a Constable, Officer or Official of the city or county having a license to carry firearms shall in any schoolhouse have possession of any dangerous weapon, which term shall include any firearm, and any item described in M.G.L. Chapter 269, Section 10(b) or (c), unless authorized by the Superintendent of Schools or the Superintendent’s designee. If the Superintendent shall determine public safety requires, a system for detection of weapons may be established in any schoolhouse and no person shall be admitted to, or enter, a schoolhouse without submitting to such detection system. Any person violating the provisions hereof shall be punished by a fine of $200.
(CBC 1985 19-1.1; Ord. 1992 c. 3 § 1)
19-1.2   Monthly Report on Incidents.
   The School Committee shall prepare and furnish, each month to the Mayor and Boston City Council, a report on the number of incidents reported in the schools of the city by the Boston School Police during the previous month, tabulated by school zone, and providing, in addition to the school zone, the geographical area of the city comprising the school zone. The School Committee shall, in preparing each report, also include the cumulative totals of the incidents enumerated above, tabulated as aforesaid, for the year to date of making the report.
(CBC 1985 19-1.2; Ord. 1994 c. 3)
19-1.3   School Bus Safety.
   (A)   Every school bus regularly employed in the transportation of children to schools in the city shall be equipped with and use when accepting and discharging passengers a crossing gate, so called, which shall extend out in front of the school bus. This Section shall not apply to those vehicles owned or leased by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
   (B)   This Section shall apply to all school buses purchased on or after July 1, 1999.
(CBC 1985 19-1.3; Ord. 2000 c. 2)
19-2   SALARY OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
   Effective January 1, 1987, all members of the Boston School Committee be paid an annual stipend of $7,500.
(CBC 1985 19-2; Ord. 1986, c. 23 § 4 [500])
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