Discipline

Visit this page for 1-2 page quick reference guides in the following areas: CRA (Child Requiring Assistance) Children's Behavioral Health Initiative (Rosie D. Services) [2013] Special Education School Discipline School…

The present study shows that more African American youth are suspended for minor infractions than White youth. In addition, these suspensions predicted poor school grades and school climate perceptions for African American youth. These findings raise concerns about school adults’ discretion in…

Webpage with school discipline resources including: laws and regulations; supplemental information and history; school dsicipline decisions by the Problem Resolution System (PRS) at MA DESE and by US DOE OCR.

Article on the website, National Opportunity to Learn, about the history of Chapter 222, by Tom Mela, ~~Senior Project Director at Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC). Tom worked with the Education Law Task Force (ELTF) and Rep. Alice Wolf for years to get the legislation passed and then…

The Mass Board of Elementary and Secondary Education adopted regulations for Chapter 222 AN ACT RELATIVE TO STUDENT ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL on April 29, 2014.

Summary of the Provisions of Chapter 222: An Act Relative to Students’ Access to Educational Services and Exclusion from School. Chapter 222 shall take effect on July 1, 2014.

A 15 year old student from Stoughton, MA who had an IEP was suspended indefinitely from school under 37H 1/2 after the Stoughton police notified the school that the student was charged with multiple felonies.  A co-defendant told the police that the student was present in a car at the scene of…

Where can I find information on school discipline in Massachusetts? For an overview of school discipline laws in Massachusetts, see the Children’s Law Center of MA website and read the quick reference guide on school discipline,…

Attorneys from Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP and the Center for Law and Education recently became among the first lawyers in the country, if not the first, to successfully challenge a school district's "zero tolerance" weapons policy as constitutionally invalid. The case, LB, a Minor…

Suspension and Expulsion are disciplinary sanctions imposed for prohibited conduct committed by a student. Generally, an expulsion is when a student is permanently removed from a school system. For certain serious offenses, if a student is expelled, no other school system must enroll the student,…

Code of discipline related to weapons, controlled substances or assault.

Statute concerning suspension of a student charged with a felony or felony delinguency complaint and expulsion of a student convicted of a felony or felony delinquency complaint, and the student's right to appeal.

The HO found a direct and substantial relationship between the student's disabilities (ADHD and ODD) and his threatening actions.  He decided that the student's actions were a manifestation of his disabilities.

Expulsion case. S.W. and Joanne W. v. Holbrook Public SchoolsIn this case, a ninth-grade student who had not previously been identified as having a disability was expelled from school for allegedly providing drugs to another student. In an important interpretation of IDEA requirements regarding…

Very helpful when handling suspensions and expulsion hearings or other disciplinary matters. (Document still current.)