School Discipline Data Governance and Training Overview

2024-2025 Discipline Training DATA GOVERNANCE AND OUTCOMES

House Keeping Items Do not share login credentials Previous Year Discipline Not accessible Attendance/PEIMS data entry personnel should not be responsible for determining coding information for discipline action taken

Discipline Discipline District PEIMS Discipline Education Code: Subtitle G. Safe School: Chapter 37 Discipline; Law and Order New House Bills Suspensions Major / Minor Referrals 2024-2025 Discipline Reference Sheet School Safety Choice Option (SSCO) Blue Codes Demo

Discipline Discipline District PEIMS Discipline Data Discipline is reported at the end of the school year through PEIMS Submission. 2020-2021 179 records, 2021-2022 2,918 records 2022-2023 3,513 2023-2024 3385

Discipline Discipline Education Code: Subtitle G. Safe School: Chapter 37 Discipline; Law and Order Chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code (TEC) addresses safe schools, student discipline, and behavior management. https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/health-safety-discipline/chapter-37-safe- schools/chapter-37-safe-schools-resources

TSDS Web Enabled Data Standards TSDS Web Enabled Data Standards Discipline Data Reporting (TWEDS) Technical Resources Technical Discipline Data Reporting (TWEDS) Technical Resources Technical Education Code: Subtitle G. Safe School: Chapter 37 Discipline; Law and Order Resources TEA TSDS website Questions and Answers Reason Codes and Definitions Chart for Determining DAEP Placements and Expulsions https://tealprod.tea.state.tx.us/TWEDS/98/493/827/0/DataSubmission/TechnicalResources

House Bills HB 3928 On the placement of a student in a district alternative education program(DAEP), the school district must provide information to the student s parent/guardian regarding the process for requesting a full individual and initial evaluation of the student for purposes of special education services HB 567 Prohibits from discriminating against a hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with race. A protective hairstyle includes braids, locks, and twists. HB 3 If a parent/guardian enrolls a child into a public school, the parent/guardian or the school district in which the child most recently attended school must furnish to the school district a copy of the child's records from the school the child s most recently attended a copy of the child's disciplinary record and any threat assessment involving the child's behavior conducted (TREX requests)

New House Bills cont.. HB 114, a student must be removed from class and placed in a DAEP, if the student is observed on or within 300 feet of school property, or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off school property: Possessing, using, being under the influence, selling, giving, or delivering to another person marihuana or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); Incident Code 62 Possessing, using, selling, giving, or delivering to another person an e-cigarette; Incident Code 63 Students must be removed/disciplined if they possess, sell, give, use, deliver, or are under the influence of a controlled substance excluding marihuana or THC. Incident Code 64 If a DAEP is at capacity at the time a campus behavior coordinator is deciding placement for a student who engaged in conduct, the student must be: Placed in in-school suspension (ISS); and If a position becomes available in the DAEP before the expiration of the period of the placement, the student must be returned to the DAEP for the remainder of the period.

Board Policy FDE Federal Reporting Board Policy FDE Federal Reporting STUDENT DISCIPLINE PLACEMENT IN A DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SETTING (FOC) Legal STUDENT DISCIPLINE PLACEMENT IN A DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SETTING (FOC) Legal Not later than the third class day after a student is removed by a teacher or by the school principal or other appropriate administrator, the campus behavior coordinator (CBC) or other appropriate administrator shall schedule a conference among the CBC or other appropriate administrator, the student s parent or guardian, the teacher removing the student from class, if any, and the student https://pol.tasb.org/Policy/Download/255?filename=FOC(LEGAL).pdf

How to determine whether discipline infraction is Major vs. Minor Referral must be coded a major if the action results in a removal of a student from any part of their regular academic program Family P.L.U.S Parental Involvement Website https://www.hcisd.org/o/district/page/family-and-community-engagement-face

What disciplinary actions do we report to TEA Non-Reportable Disciplinary Actions TEA Reportable Disciplinary Actions Relocation/Reassignment to Another Appropriate Classroom All Suspensions Timeout Periods in Classrooms DAEP Placements (discretionary, mandatory) Detentions (before school, lunch, recess, after school) All Expulsions (discretionary, mandatory, without educational placement, DAEP, JJAEP)

Suspensions Suspensions Not authorized for students below grade three or experiencing homelessness unless the student engages in certain conducts outlined in TEC, 37.005(c)(1)-(3): weapons under 46.02 or 46.05, Penal Code; a violent offense under 22.01, 22.011, 22.02, or 22.021, Penal Code; or selling, giving, possession, delivering, using, or under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Must not exceed three days (includes ISS and OSS)

***NEW** Discipline Changes Code 64 Other Controlled Substance TEC, 37.00(6)(a)(2)(c) Students must be removed/disciplined if they possess, sell, give, use, deliver, or are under the influence of a controlled substance excluding marihuana or THC. Action: Mandatory DAEP For additional information related to discipline Action Reason Code, Refer to SAC document Chapter 37 - Mandatory and Discretionary codes

2024-2025 Discipline Reference Sheet (Major vs. Minor) Available Online Path HCISD Website->Departments-> Data Systems-> PEIMS-> Discipline section

Unsafe School Choice Option (USCO) Blue Codes. https://tea.texas.gov/finance-and-grants/grants/essa-program/unsafe-school-choice-option Incident Codes - ('11','12','14','16','17','18','19','29','30','31','32','36','46','47','48', 57 ) Campus is coded as Regular Instructional Campus in AskTED; and Campus has fewer than 200 students and has reported to the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) 425 Record two (2) or more selected mandatory expulsion incidents in each of the three most recent consecutive years for which data are available; or Campus has 201 or more students and has a number of mandatory expellable incidents per year equal to 1% or more of its enrollment in each of the three (3) most recent consecutive years for which data are available

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Not Discipline PEIMS Restraints General Education Restraints of all students that are administered by school district police officer & school resource officer Special Education - Special Education students that are restrained by school district school employees and volunteers Entered by Campus personnel eSchoolPlus Menu Registration Entry Reports Student Demographics PEIMS Restraints

Resources Path: Cognos Reporting-> eSchoolPlus->Cognos Reporting- >Discipline Data Systems Weekly Newsletter Sent out every Friday Contains discipline information (pg. 13)

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