Sentences with phrase «included alternatives to suspensions»

As a group of young people fighting for better communities, including schools, their areas of action included alternatives to suspensions, ending zero - tolerance policies, and implementing Black history education.

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Many districts, including Syracuse city schools, have shifted from relying heavily on suspensions to using alternatives like «restorative justice,» which aims to keep students in the academic environment.

At 10 a.m., the Senate Standing Committee on Education will meet to discuss a number of amendments to education law - including an act in relation to establishing the Asian Lunar New Year school holiday and an act in relation to authorizing the option of assigning community service as an alternative to suspension of students or in conjunction with student suspension.

The articles included in this special series explore alternative approaches to suspension or expulsion.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

any student discipline or referral action taken against a student / offender, including but not limited to an out - of - school suspension, a teacher removal, an involuntary transfer to an alternative placement, an in - school suspension, a referral for community service, a referral for counseling, or a referral to the juvenile justice system or the criminal justice system, and the duration of such action; and

Over the past twenty years, educators have developed a wide variety of approaches and programs that come under the umbrella of SEL including: character education, conflict resolution and peer mediation, restorative justice and other alternatives to punitive discipline / suspension, bullying prevention, school climate work and more.

States must provide an annual report on «in - school suspensions, out - of - school suspensions, expulsions, referrals to law enforcement, school - based arrests, and disciplinary transfers (including placements in alternative schools).»

Provides principals and superintendents more discretion to use alternatives to suspension or expulsion, including positive behavior interventions, participation in a program like restorative justice, or a conference with the student's parents, teachers, and school administrators.

Dignity in Schools Campaign, 10/28/15 — CJSF ally Dignity in Schools Campaign, whose members include several of CJSF's grantee partners, released a statement about the South Carolina student assault and calls on districts across the country to use alternatives that promote positive school climates instead of suspensions, expulsions and arrests.

Lee said it was heartening to learn that a number of districts attribute drops in suspension rates to their use of alternatives to traditional discipline, including Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS), which focuses on modeling positive behaviors, and restorative justice, which emphasizes mediation and face - to - face conflict resolution over punitive discipline.