A: The following items were found to be a weapon under the IDEA:
a metal awl (metal spike two inches long) used to threatened students (In re: Student with a Disability, 50 IDELR 180 (SEA VA 2008);
scissors used to attack a student (Anchorage Sch. Dist., 45 IDELR 23 (SEA AK 2005);
cigarette lighter with a retractable blade (Chester Upland Sch. Dist., 35 IDELR 104 (SEA PA 2001);
a knife with a blade 2½ inches or longer (Alameda Unified Sch. Dist., 32 IDELR 159 (SEA CA 2000)
The following items, however, were found to not be a weapon under the IDEA: pulling on the assistant principal's necktie really hard and choking him, leaving red marks on his neck (Scituate Public Schs., 47 IDELR 113 (SEA MA 2007); scratching a fellow student with a paper clip (Anaheim Union High Sch. Dist., 32 IDELR 129 (SEA CA 2000); stabbing a classmate with a pencil (/ndep. Sch. Dist. #831, 32 IDELR 163 (SEA MN 1999)