Discipline: General Reporting Info

Overview:

To comply with the following statutes this data is collected to gather student suspension, expulsion and arrest information as a form of disciplinary action as well as bullying, gang related and firearm data.

Per IC 20-34-6, Arrest data must be submitted by the Department of Education to the Indiana Legislature and Criminal Justice Institute each year.
Per IC 20-34-6, Bullying data must be posted by the Department of Education online each year.
Per IC 20-26-18, Gang-related data must be submitted by the Department of Education each year to the Governor and General Assembly.

Discipline Data Impacts:

Public, State and Federal reporting

Discipline applies to:

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Public Schools (Traditional and Charter)
Indiana School for the Blind and Indiana School for the Deaf
Charter schools (optional reporting of bullying, gang and arrest data)

Discipline requires following data points sent via Vendor or Template

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Student Record including:

STN
Student Demographic Information
Student Address
EL Proficiency Level & Instrument Used
Date of entry into US schools

Student School Association (school enrollment) including:

Student Grade Level
Student Entry Date
Student Exit Date and Exit reason if applicable
Primary Educational Entity - True/False (school where the student primarily enrolled)

Discipline Incidents and Student Discipline Incident Behavior including:

STN
Incident ID and Incident Date
Behavior Descriptor
Criminal Gang Related Event Descriptor

Discipline Actions including:

STN
Incident ID and Action ID
Discipline Action Identifier
Discipline Date and Action Length
Behavior Descriptor
Arrest and Arrest Reason Descriptor
Discipline Action Service Descriptor

Reporting Timeline:

Begins	Ends	Notes	Certification Cycle
July 1	June 30	Submission and update of discipline records are available year round	July

General Reporting Info

Report students in grades PK-13 who have a reportable action of In-School Suspension, Out-of-School Suspension, or Expulsion.
Report students in grades PK-13 who have a reportable incident of Bullying, Arrest (on or off school property), or Criminal Gang Related infraction.
Report infractions that occur on a bus, field trip, etc. to the school ID where the student is enrolled.
- Students must have a Student School Association (enrollment) record associated to the reporting school ID to provide discipline records.
Students may have multiple discipline records reported. Report each action (in-school, out-of-school, expulsion) or incident (bullying, arrest, criminal gang related) separately.
Report one incident identifier to all students involved when a group of students (more than one student) is involved in the reportable action or reportable incident.
- Each student involved may be reported with different actions and different action lengths as needed under the same incident identifier.
Report the number of days assigned (action length) for each reportable action of In-School Suspension, Out-of-School Suspension, or Expulsion.
Report the actual number of days served (action length) for each reportable action of In-School Suspension, Out-of-School Suspension, or Expulsion.
Restraint/Seclusion and School Safety information must be provided for certification.
- Information will be provided via IDOE survey template (uploaded into Data Exchange).
Report total counts of chemical, mechanical, and physical restraints for students in grades PK-13 by school ID.
- Information will be provided via IDOE survey template (uploaded into Data Exchange).
Report total counts of seclusions for students in grades PK-13 by school ID.
- Information will be provided via IDOE survey template (uploaded into Data Exchange).