(a) The LEAs of this state are authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to prohibit the activities of criminal gangs on schoolproperty. The rules and regulations may prohibit students in grades six through twelve (6-12) from:
School: means all public schools that conduct classes in any grade from kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12). See Tennessee Code 49-6-4202
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Wearing, while on school property, any type of clothing, apparel or accessory that denotes the students’ membership in or affiliation with any criminal gang;(2) Any activity that encourages participation in a criminal gang or facilitates illegal acts of a criminal gang; and(3) Any conduct that is seriously disruptive to the educational process or endangers persons or property.(b) The local law enforcement agency shall advise the local board, upon request, of criminal gangs and associated criminal gang activity.(c) As used in this section, “criminal gang” means a formal or informal ongoing organization, association or group consisting of three (3) or more persons that has:
(1) As one (1) of its activities the commission of criminal acts; and(2) Two (2) or more members who, individually or collectively, engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity.
