Discipline is the removal of a student from their placement due to a violation of the school code of conduct.
For more information about the related indicator and determinations element, see Understanding the Part B Strand Report and Determinations.
Discipline Information
Resources
General Resources
- Indicator Overview B-4A & B-4B
- MI School Data Special Education Public Reporting – Select the indicator on the right and click Update Report
- Conducting a Manifestation Determination Review
- Determining a Change in Placement
- Determining a Change in Placement for Disciplinary Removals (Recorded August 2021)
- Discipline Data Module: Ways to Improve Special Education Data Quality in MSDS
- Discipline Procedure Template (Word)
- Discipline Protections for Students with a Disability (Recorded April 2021)
- Discipline Toolkit
- IDEA Discipline Requirements
- IDEA Regulations Related to Suspension/Expulsion — Scroll down to the Discipline Procedures section.
- Manifestation Determination Review (MDR) (PDF)
- Michigan’s MTSS Technical Assistance Center (MiMTSS)
- Michigan Student Database System (MSDS) Collection Details Manual
- Procedural Safeguards Notice— Scroll down to the Procedural Safeguards section.
- Responding to and Counting Disciplinary Removals
- Shortened School Day
- Using the Report of District Data for B-4
U.S. Department of Education and Michigan Department of Education Resources
U.S. Department of Education
- Effective Evidence-based Practices for Preventing and Addressing Bullying, Enclosure to the OSERS August 20, 2013 Dear Colleague Letter on Bullying
- National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
- U.S. Department of Education School Climate and Discipline
Michigan Department of Education
- MDE Alternatives to Suspensions and Expulsions Toolkit
- MDE Recommends: Expulsions Due to Weapons, Arson, and Criminal Sexual Conduct, June 2010
- Michigan State Board of Education (SBE) Model Anti-Bullying Policy, November 9, 2010
- Michigan SBE Model Code of Student Conduct 2019
- Michigan SBE Policies on Bullying, July 19, 2001, Updated and Approved November 9, 2010
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Michigan SBE Policy on Reducing Student Suspensions and Expulsions, May 13, 2014
- Michigan SBE Positive Behavior Support Policy, September 12, 2006
