Safety and Discipline Indicators

Safety and Discipline Indicators 2012-2013 Updates and Review May 2013

Agenda • Timeline • 2012-2013 Changes • 2013-2014 Changes • 2014-2015 Changes • Overview of Collections (including examples) • Contact Information 2

Timeline • Opens Monday, May 6th 2013 • Closes Monday, July 1st 2013 • Safety Accreditation Report Due Friday, June 28th! • Can now be completed by Respondent-but MUST be reviewed by Superintendent • Available online at: (https://cdeapps.cde.state.co.us/ade_news.htm#safe) • OR a report available in ADE while submitting SDI data 3

2012-2013 Changes • New field was added- Length of School Year defined as: • A four-digit field (three digits with one digit to the right of an implied decimal point) which indicates the number of whole and partial days your school is in session for the current school year. This is the actual number of days when students are present. Valid values are between 130 (coded as 1300) and 245 (coded as 2450) days. This field will be required. • Required for the Calculation of Average Daily Attendance, as defined by NCES (National Center for Educational Statistics), which is used for the State per Pupil Expenditures calculation 4

2013-2014 Changes • Collection will remain in the current ADE system and not converted into the new Pipeline System • Collection is expected to remain the same as the 2012-2013 collection year 5

2014-2015 Changes • Collection will be implemented in the Pipeline System • Data will be collected at the individual student level, with SASIDs • Attendance Data will be collected separately, also at the student level 6

Overview of Collection 7

SDI Collection Process

SDI Layout • File A: Incidents by Action Taken • Count of incidents per school • Guns Free School Act Data • File B: Action by Race/Ethnicity and Gender • Count of Students Involved • Unduplicated Count of Students • Count of Habitually Disruptive Students • Attendance Data

File A: Incident by Action Taken • Count of Incidents per school • Most severe action taken per incident • Only 1 student/incident reported • Guns Free School Act Data also reported • Includes any gun, rifle/shotgun or other firearm incident within the school • Groups students by IDEA and Non-IDEA

File A: Types of Incidents • Drug Violations • Alcohol Violations • Tobacco Violations • 1st, 2nd and Vehicular Assaults • 3rd Degree Assaults/Disorderly Conduct • Dangerous Weapons • Robbery • Other Felonies • Disobedient/Defiant or Repeated Interference • Detrimental Behavior • Destruction of School Property • Other Violations of Code of Conduct

File A: (GFSA) Firearm Expulsion Table • Expulsions reported are a subset of Dangerous Weapon Expulsions reported • 3 types of Firearms reported • Handgun - Rifle/Shotgun - Other Firearm • GFSA Data Collected by 2 sets of students • IDEA (Special Education students) • Non-IDEA (non-Special Education students)

File A: (GFSA) Firearm Expulsion Table (continued) • # of students brought or possessed firearm by type • # of student expelled • # of students disciplined in an action other than expulsion • # of students in another type of removal • # of students in which no action was taken • All by IDEA/Non-IDEA status (IDEA= Special Education)

File A: GFSA Data Collection Flowchart for IDEA and Non-IDEA

File B: Action Taken by Race/Ethnicity & Gender • Count of Students per School • All students involved in an incident included • Unduplicated count of the students • If 1 student is suspended 3 times and expelled 1 time, he/she would be reported as 1 in the unduplicated count, 3 suspensions and 1 expulsion • Attendance Data • Habitually Truant Counts

File B: By Action Taken • For each incident, report the most severe action taken: • Classroom Suspension • In School Suspension • Out of School Suspension • Expulsion • Referral to Law Enforcement* • Other Action Taken *If the incident involved a referral to law enforcement AND another action taken, BOTH actions are reported

Reporting Incident Example 1 3 students expelled and referred to law enforcement for drugs

Reporting Incident Example 2

Reporting Incident Example 3 1st- Incident (a fight) occurs between 2 students, both expelled: 2nd- Incident, Action Taken and Race/Ethnicity Reported File B: Action Taken by Race/Ethnicity & Gender FIGHT FILE A: Incident by Action Taken FIGHT 1 Incident of 3rd Degree Assault, Expelled 1 White Female Expelled & 1 White Male Expelled

Reporting Incident Example 4

File B: Unduplicated Count • Provide an unduplicated count of students involved in incidents reported on both Safety and Discipline tables. Regardless of how many times a student appears in the Action Taken fields, only count the student once in the unduplicated total. Same Student, counted once in the Unduplicated Count field Same Student, counted multiple times in Action Taken File

Reporting Unduplicated Count Example 5 *Remember: Referral to Law Enforcement can be reported with another type of action taken

File B: Habitually Disruptive • Students are DECLARED habitually disruptive • Student disciplined will also be included as: • 2 incidents resulting in Suspension • 1 incident resulting in the Expulsion

Reporting Habitually Disruptive Example 6 Sam (white male) has multiple incidents of Destruction of School Property: 2nd- Out of School Suspension 1st- Out of School Suspension & 3rd- Expelled with being Declared Habitually Disruptive

File B: Attendance Data • Student Total Days Attended • Student Total Days Excused Absent • Student Total Days Unexcused Absent • Student Total Days Possible • Length of School Year (new)

New Edit on Attendance Data • Total Days Possible Must be +/- 40% of (Length of School Year * Student October Pupil Membership) • Example: • 100 students in Student October Membership, • 175 days for the Length of School Year • Days Possible must be between: 0.6*(100*175) and 1.4*(100*175) or 10,500 and 24,500 26

Attendance Information: Relationship Equation

Attendance Rate Calculation Student Total Days Attended Attendance Rate Student Total Days Possible

Truancy Rate Calculation Student Total Days Unexcused Absent Truancy Rate Student Total Days Possible

Habitually Truancy Definition • A child between 6 and 17 years of age having four unexcused absences from public school in any one month or ten unexcused absences from public school during any school year. Absences due to suspension expulsions is considered excused absences.

Habitually Truant Counts • 3 fields capture this required data: • Truancy: Four or more days in any one calendar month • Truancy: Ten or more days in one school year • Truancy: Met both conditions • Students are to be reported in only 1 category per school as applicable

Reporting Habitually Truancy Example 7 1 count of Truancy: 4 or more Days in one calendar month Unexcused Absences for Sally in March. (Total Unexcused Absences in the School year is less than 10)

Reporting Habitually Truancy Example 8 1 count of Truancy: Met Both Conditions

FAQ: Habitually Truant • Q: How should a day be counted? • A: It really depends on how often attendance is tracked within the school. If attendance is taken 6 times, then 6 unexcused absences would count as a day. • Q: I had a student meet the habitually truant definition, yet they are no longer in our school-are they reported? • Yes, they would still be counted. This is the same for any incident.

More Information • Definitions and examples found at • https://ade.cde.state.co.us/sdi_field_definitions.htm • Or Contact: • Annette Severson • Severson_a@cde.state.co.us

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Safety and Discipline Indicators