<human>: I raise this question because this happened to a friend of mine, and I believe that this punishment is completely out of hand, and I would like to help him out in any way I can. [Here] is a link to the knife that he was punished for possessing. Although I don't believe that my friend did absolutely nothing wrong, I would hope that I, or he, could do something about this rediculous and completely blown out of proportion punishment that is potentially detrimental to their education (Since no teacher at the alternative placement school is qualified or is able to teach the classes he takes, nor can he enter any other school property without being arrested.) 
From what I can understand, he did not violate the student code of conduct for the district, since it's rules regarding this type of act are the same as the Texas penal code, and cite the Texas penal code definition of a "Knife" [here] As one can see from the amazon page, the knife is within 5 1/2 inches, and does not have any blade, nor is it in any way sharpened. Also, he willingly handed over the trainer when questioned, and gave no resistance, which was noted by the school. The school also refused to, when sending him to a hearing, to change the offence from "had a butterfly knife" to "had a butterfly trainer knife" (I do not know the exact wording, but they refused to acknowledge it as a trainer in the disciplinary report). I don't know if anything could be done, but if anyone has any suggestions, i'd be willing to listen to just about anything, since he's received the maximum punishment possible before expulsion (that being 60 SCHOOL days in AHS). Thanks for any suggestions or insight you might have.

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<bot>: Student punished for possessing a "knife" at school, which is not a knife by definition of Texas penal code, which the school also uses.