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Office of Student Support and Safety Chief Academic Office

Student Discipline Policy and Regulations JKA and JKA-RA through JKA-RE. Office of Student Support and Safety Chief Academic Office For Board of School Commissioners’ Consideration First Reader August 12 , 2014. State Regulatory Requirements.

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Office of Student Support and Safety Chief Academic Office

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  1. Student Discipline Policy and Regulations JKA and JKA-RA through JKA-RE Office of Student Support and Safety Chief Academic Office For Board of School Commissioners’ Consideration First Reader August 12, 2014

  2. State Regulatory Requirements • Board Policy JKA currently governs school discipline but does not meet the new requirements due to recent COMAR amendments. • The Maryland State Board of Education amended COMAR 13A.08.01.11, .12 and .15 and added 13A.08.01.21 in January 2014. • COMAR 13A.08.04 was previously amended by the Maryland State Board of Education. • Guidelines for a State Code of Discipline were accepted by the Maryland State Board of Education on July 22, 2014.

  3. Policy Statement • Board Policy JKA – Student Discipline is governed by the following principles: • Schools must focus on providing a positive learning atmosphere. • Classrooms should provide a safe, academically engaging, and orderly environment for all students. • Disciplinary responses must focus on promoting positive relationships and tiered intervention strategies. • Exclusion or removal of a student from the classroom should be the disciplinary action of last resort.

  4. Key Policy Changes

  5. Key Regulation Changes

  6. For more information, please contact: Karen Webber-N’Dour, J.D. kndour@bcps.k12.md.us Lara Ohanian, M.A., Ed.S lohanian@bcps.k12.md.us

  7. Appendix

  8. City Schools’ Historical Suspension DataSY2004 thru SY2013 NOTE: Counts show total number of out-of-school suspensions in the District based on end of year file. Includes all suspensions and expulsions. SOURCE: Official MSDE files. Official suspension numbers for SY2014 will be available late August 2014.

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