Technology Teacher 04/20/2016

• Module 7 overview

  - School behavior policies address a variety of topics related to student behavior - Others assign points or “demerits” to specific behaviors and consequences. Still others will give a range of consequences that may be assigned based on the circumstances of the offense - restorative justice. This concept attempts to have students provide restitution when they have violated behavior standards - Other schools have adopted or developed discipline plans based on peer review. The idea behind these plans is that the determination of responsibility and the assignment of consequences for unacceptable behavior will be better accepted and mean more to a student when coming from peers rather than adults - District policies related to student behavior or discipline are usually part of a much larger compilation of policies that govern all aspects of the school district. - In NH, the suspension and expulsion of public school students is governed by state laws called Revised Statutes Annotated (RSAs). The specific RSA governing the suspension and expulsion of students in NH is RSA 193:13 -Reasons a student can be suspended and/or expelled  Who can suspend and/or expel a student  Appeal process available to students who have been suspended and/or expelled  Certain special circumstances of suspension and/or expulsion, e.g., possession of a gun on school property and reinstatement from an expulsion - Suspension is a term used to describe the short-term exclusion of a student from school for disciplinary reasons - Suspensions can be administered by the superintendent, or someone (most often the principal and/or assistant principal) designated in writing by the superintendent - The RSA is silent regarding the right of a student to appeal a suspension of less than 10 days. This gives the local superintendent and school board the option of hearing such appeals or refusing to hear them. - Expulsion is a term used to describe a long-term exclusion of a student from school -A student who has been suspended in one school cannot transfer to another school to avoid the suspension, but it is “subject to modification by the superintendent of the school district in which the pupil seeks to enroll” -They deny students of a right guaranteed under the NH Constitution. They should be used with great discretion and only under the most serious circumstances.

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