Overview of the School Discipline Guidance Package

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Add to Calendar 2014-01-22 15:30:00 2014-01-22 15:30:00 Overview of the School Discipline Guidance Package Description The U.S. Department of Education (ED), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), released on January 8, 2014, a school discipline guidance package that will assist states, districts and schools in developing solutions to enhance school climate, and improve school discipline policies and practices. While incidents of school violence have decreased overall, too many schools are still struggling to create positive, safe environments. The guidance package provides resources for creating such climates, which are essential for boosting student academic success and closing achievement gaps. This webinar will provide an overview of the four components of the resource package, including: A Dear Colleague guidance letter describes how schools can meet their legal obligations under federal civil rights law to administer student discipline without discriminating against students on the basis of race, color or national origin;  a Guiding Principles document draws from emerging research and best practices to describe three key principles and related action steps to improve school climate and school discipline; a Directory of Federal School Climate and Discipline Resources indexes the federal technical assistance and other resources on school discipline and climate available to schools and districts; and a Compendium of School Discipline Laws and Regulations provides a comparison of the various state laws and regulations related to school discipline. To view the resource documents, visit www.ed.gov/school-discipline.  Registration  There is no registration fee. To register for this Webinar, please click on the link below.  You will receive a confirmation email shortly after you submit your registration from ncssle@air.org. Please add that email address to your safe-senders list to ensure delivery to your e-mail inbox. If you do not receive the email confirmation within 5 minutes of registering, please check your spam folder.   noreply@air.org America/New_York public

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The U.S. Department of Education (ED), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), released on January 8th a school discipline guidance package that will assist states, districts and schools in developing solutions to enhance school climate, and improve school discipline policies and practices. While incidents of school violence have decreased overall, too many schools are still struggling to create positive, safe environments. The guidance package provides resources for creating such climates, which are essential for boosting student academic success and closing achievement gaps.

This webinar provided an overview of the four components of the resource package, including:

  1. Dear Colleague guidance letter describes how schools can meet their legal obligations under federal civil rights law to administer student discipline without discriminating against students on the basis of race, color or national origin; 
  2. Guiding Principles document draws from emerging research and best practices to describe three key principles and related action steps to improve school climate and school discipline;
  3. Directory of Federal School Climate and Discipline Resources indexes the federal technical assistance and other resources on school discipline and climate available to schools and districts; and
  4. Compendium of School Discipline Laws and Regulations provides a comparison of the various state laws and regulations related to school discipline. To view the resource documents, visit www.ed.gov/school-discipline

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Questions and Answers (Coming Soon)

School Discipline Guidance Package

Dear Colleague Letter

Guiding Principles

Directory of Federal School Climate and Discipline Resources

Compendium of School Discipline Laws and Regulations for the 50 States, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico

Overview of the Supportive School Discipline Initiative


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