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School Discipline Laws & Regulations by Category

School Discipline Laws & Regulations by Category Click on the major categories below to view and select the law and regulation subcategory of interest. You will then be asked to select one or more state or jurisdiction of interest. Hover your cursor over the question mark for definitions for each subcategory. Hover over note numbers for content of notes.

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Lessons from the Field Webinar - Keeping Students in School Through School Justice Partnerships

On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join our next webinar: Keeping Students in School Through School Justice Partnerships.Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, the rate of students referred to courts has increased substantially (Marsh, 2014).

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Training

Creating Policies that Support a More Positive School Climate to Reduce Suspensions and Expulsions

On behalf of the U.S.

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Why is gender identity important to include on school climate surveys?

Blog

District and school leaders know the importance of school climate surveys in creating safe, healthy, and supportive school environments for all students.

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Training

Positive Behavioral Strategies: Restorative Practices

The field of restorative practices has significant implications for all aspects of society — from families, classrooms, schools and prisons to workplaces, associations, governments, even whole nations.

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Tool Kit for Creating Your Own Truancy Program

Includes an overview of research on truancy, including extent of the problem, consequences, contributing factors, and programs that have improved school attendance; addresses legal and economic issues of truancy and addressing the problem; and provides a list of references and resources to aid in engaging parents and communities and finding alternatives to juvenile court, among other issues.

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Tool Kit for Creating Your Own Truancy Reduction Program

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Supportive School Discipline Webinar Series

Continuing the efforts of the Federal Supportive School Discipline Initiative, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education are hosting a Supportive School Discipline (SSD) Webinar Series.

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We Need to Stop Incarcerating Children for Status Offenses and Nonviolent Misdemeanors

Across the United States, one million children are arrested evey year. Of those young people, thousands are removed from schools, separated from their families and thrown into secure detention facilities merely for committing common status offenses – like running away and truancy – which comprise more than half of non-criminal court cases.

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Absenteeism Plagues Schools Nationwide

While kindergarten has the highest habitual truancy rate at the elementary level, overall, high school students are still by far the worst offenders.