New Jersey § 18a:37-2

§ 18a:37-2.

Any pupil who is guilty of continued and willful disobedience, or of open defiance

of the authority of any teacher or person having authority over him, or of the habitual

use of profanity or of obscene language, or who shall cut, deface or otherwise injure

any school property, shall be liable to punishment and to suspension or expulsion

from school. Conduct which shall constitute good cause for suspension or expulsion of a pupil guilty

of such conduct shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following: a. Continued and willful disobedience; b. Open defiance of the authority of any teacher or person, having authority over

him; c. Conduct of such character as to constitute a continuing danger to the physical

well-being of other pupils; d. Physical assault upon another pupil; e. Taking, or attempting to take, personal property or money from another pupil, or

from his presence, by means of force or fear; f. Willfully causing, or attempting to cause, substantial damage to school property; g. Participation in an unauthorized occupancy by any group of pupils or others of

any part of any school or other building owned by any school district, and failure

to leave such school or other facility promptly after having been directed to do so

by the principal or other person then in charge of such building or facility; h. Incitement which is intended to and does result in unauthorized occupation by any

group of pupils or others of any part of a school or other facility owned by any school

district; i. Incitement which is intended to and does result in truancy by other pupils; j. Knowing possession or knowing consumption without legal authority of alcoholic

beverages or controlled dangerous substances on school premises, or being under the

influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled dangerous substances while on school

premises ; and k. Harassment, intimidation, or bullying .