implementaon D ate:
Fiscal Year 1995-9 6 July
1, 1995
Revised: 7 /1 /2023 Effecve: 7/1/2021 Page Number: P-5
SEXUAL OFFENSES—OTHER* (Other)
Other sexual contact, including intercour se, without for ce or
thr eat of for ce. Includes subjecting an individual to lewd
sexual gestur es, comments, sexual activity, or exposing
private body parts in a lewd manner.
Student or other participating in sexual activity in fr ont of
another student. Student or other intentionally exposing
genitals. Two students engaging in sexual activity in janitor’s
closet. Student or other soliciting or encour aging a person to
commit a sexual act. Student or other touching the buttocks
of another in a lewd, lascivious manner. Student or other
making obscene rem arks ( conduct, which by com munity
standards, is deem ed to cor rupt public mor als by its
indecency and/or lew dness).
Students kissing consensually. Student swear ing. A
kindergarten child relieving himself publicly. A first grade
student hugging another. Student inadvertently touching
breasts or buttocks of another.
1. Sexual activity between students should be repor ted to
law enforcem ent imm ediately so investigation can be
conducted regarding illegal conduct. 2. Consideration
should be given to developm entally age-appropriate
behaviors in coding sexual offenses for students. Young
children and students with exceptionalities may expose
them selves without conscious sexual intent. 3. Consult
school district student services or psychologist for assessing
acting out sexual behaviors that might be indicators of
abuse, and use the findings to help deter mi ne whether to
repor t the incident as a SESIR incident. Obtain input when
the pr incipal is unable to deter mine if the behavior involving
young children is of a sexual nature beyond developm entally
appropr iate age expectation, when
the incident i s serious enough to requi re further
investigation, or wher e students in special education ar e
involved.
changed fr om Sexual
Offenses (Other) to
Sexual Offenses-Other.
(cigarettes or other for ms of tobacco) - The possession, use,
distribution, or sale of tobacco or nicotine products on school
grounds, at school-sponsored events, or on school
tr ansportation by any per son under the age of 21. Tobacco
incidents cannot be Drug-related.
A student under 21 possessing and/or sm oking cigarettes. A
student using smokel ess tobacco.
A 21-year-old student sm oking a cigar on campus.
Although district codes of student conduct may make it
against the district code for students age 21 and older to be
smoking on school campus, it still is not in violati on of the
state statute and should not be r eported in SESIR.
Tobacco incidents shoul d be coded as “Reported to Law
Enforcement” any time a civil citation is wr itten, whether it is
by a law enforcem ent officer or the “designee.” ( See
Section 569.12, Florida Statutes.)
(instilling fear in others) - An incident where there was no
physical contact between the offender and victim, but the
victim felt that physical har m could have occurred based on
verbal or nonver bal com munication by the offender. This
includes nonver bal threats and verbal thr eats of physical
harm which are m ade in per son electronically or thr ough any
other means.
Student or other willfully and repeatedly follow ing another or
stalki ng with intent to cause the per son to fear for his/her
safety. Student or other who willfully and r epeatedl y uses
email or text message to cause another to fear for his/her
safety or cause substantial emotional distr ess (cyber
stalki ng). Student or other making repeated malicious,
credible threats in person or by telephone causing the
person to fear for his/her safety. Student telling another
he/she could kill or knows people who could kill him/her.
Student or other violating a restraining or der.
Student or other engaging in mutual combat with another
(r efer to Battery or Fighting code as possibl e SESIR code) .
Student or other actually using for ce or vi olence against
another (refer to Battery or Fighting
code). Student waving to another student in the hallway,
waiting after class to talk to him/her and calling to ask
him/her out.
Any thr eat of violence towards the school, targeted groups,
or individuals that does not contain the three elements of
intent, fear, and capability, but does r esult in school
discipl inar y action and a police investigation, should be
coded as Disr upti on on Cam pus ( DOC) if it causes a
significant campus disruption.
A person following another without the intent or result of
putting the person in fear of death or bodily injury is a less
serious behavior than a person who wi llfully, maliciously and
repeatedly follows, harasses and makes a credible threat
with intent to
place that person in reasonable fear of death or
bodily injur y (aggravated stalking). (See
784.048( 3) Florida Statutes.)
(illegal entr y onto cam pus) - To enter or remain on school
grounds, school transpor tation, or at a school-sponsor ed
event without author ization or invitation and with no lawful
purpose for entry.
Any unauthor ized per son enter ing the campus. Any
unauthor ized person rem aining on proper ty after being
directed to leave by the chief administrator or designee.
Parent entering the building to pick up his/her child without
first getting clearance through the office. Person searching
for a phone at a school facility after his/her car has br oken
down.
After a com plete investigation and follow up of a repor ted
bullyi ng incident, the investigator determ ines that there is not
enough evidence to substantiate that the incident m eets the
criteria of a prohibited act under the definition of bullying as
listed in the Jeffer y Johnston Stand Up for all Students Act
(section 1006.147, F.S.) .
For incidents reported as Bullying, found to be
unsubstantiated, and determined to be another type of
incident: code the original repor t as Unsubstantiated Bullying
and code the incident as what it was determined to be. This
is not duplicate reporting since UBL is not counted in the
incident totals.