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Puyallup School District Student Rights and Responsibilities 2020-21 Handbook Revisions June 15, 2020 Presented by: Char Krause, Director of Student Services and School Safety Why we revise the Rights & Responsibilities annually

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Puyallup School District Student Rights and Responsibilities 2020-21 Handbook Revisions

June 15, 2020 Presented by: Char Krause, Director of Student Services and School Safety

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Why we revise the Rights & Responsibilities annually

Changes in law and/or policy
OSPI recommendations
Social trends
Evolving best practices in school

discipline

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The Process

Rights & Responsibility Committee
Legal review
Parent Review Committee
Presentation of updates to board

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Highlighted Changes for 2020-21

Section I: Introduction and Section II: Student

Discipline Terms and Procedures

✓ Minimal edits and formatting

Section III: Student Conduct Expectations and Rules

✓Streamlined redundant language regarding consequences for violating conduct rules ✓Streamlined explanation of offenses and expectations for clarity ✓Added back “Other Types of Weapons” section under Firearms and Dangerous Weapons section that was inadvertently left out in 2019- 20 handbook

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Highlighted Changes for 2020-21 Continued

Section III: Student Conduct Expectations and Rules

✓Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) Section modified to mirror terms and rules established in Policy and Regulation 3207- Prohibition of HIB which was updated in February 2020 ✓More specificity under technology prohibiting the use of technology that disrupts the educational process, violates the privacy of others

r violates school rules

✓Threats moved to having own section, and references section on HIB ✓Compliance Officer contact information updated

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Example of Streamlining

STUDENT CONDUCT RULES III B

... Any student who violates the conduct rules listed below is,

depending upon the individual circumstances involved, subject to discipline, including suspension or expulsion. Students are also subject to emergency expulsion for violations of these rules

r in any other situation when the student’s presence poses an

immediate and continuing danger to, other students or school personnel, or an immediate and continuing threat of material and substantial disruption of the educational process.

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Addressing Disproportionality in Student Discipline is Ongoing

Disproportionality is defined as the presence of students from a specific group in an educational program being higher or lower than one would expect based on their representation in the general population

f students.

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Addressing Disproportionality in Student Discipline is Ongoing

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Addressing Disproportionality in Student Discipline is Ongoing

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Understanding Data Context is Critical

Special Program within a building
Individual students with behavior challenges and

multiple offenses

Errors in data entry
Inconsistent data entry
Building systems and staff capacity

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Methods for Addressing Disproportionality in Discipline

Collaboration and communication is key-it’s a team effort!
Review of disaggregated building and district level discipline data K-12
Set measurable goals based on specific data
Targeted interventions within tiers of behavior support
Social emotional learning instruction and support
Identification of resources
Professional development
Decreased exclusion time when possible and safe to do so
Alternatives to exclusion when possible and safe to do so

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