Administrative Intervention
An administrative intervention is a situation where a teacher calls upon the administration to handle a student for a short period of time, discuss the needed topic/lesson, give the student an opportunity to “reset” or a regathering of self in accordance with their behavior plan, IEP and/or BIP.
Nonviolent Disruption
A nonviolent disruption is defined as a substantial disruption to the ability of the teacher to teach or other students to learn. This could include, but not be limited to, disorderly conduct, abusive or profane language, bullying as defined by Iowa Code 280.28, or repeatedly disruptive behavior. If the disruption is a nonviolent disruption, a teacher may remove the student from the classroom and place the student under the supervision of the principal or the principal’s designee for at least 30 minutes. A teacher may appeal to the school board a principal’s decision not to remove a student for nonviolent disruptive behavior, as well as a decision to return the student to the classroom too soon.
A student enrolled in kindergarten through grade five cannot be readmitted into the teacher’s classroom until the principal or principal designee and the teacher meet to discuss the readmission of the student.
A student enrolled in grades six through twelve cannot be readmitted into the teacher’s classroom until the principal or the principal designee and the teacher meet to discuss readmission. Even so, the student is not allowed to be re-admitted to the teacher’s classroom until the immediate subsequent school day at the earliest.
Should there be disciplinary action taken against the student, the principal or the principal’s designee will inform the teacher of the actions taken as soon as reasonably possible after the student’s removal.
Students who have been removed from class will be provided alternative learning arrangements and must make up any work that the student missed while under alternative supervision.
Multiple Nonviolent Disruption Removals
Should a student be removed from a teacher’s classroom more than once, the teacher(s) who removed the student, the principal, the guidance counselor, the student’s parent/legal guardian (if the student is not an emancipated minor), and the student must participate in a meeting to discuss the student’s nonviolent disruptions, establish a behavior plan, and a course of discipline. Considerations may include relocating the student to an alternative learning environment, including a therapeutic classroom when appropriate.
Violent Disruption
A violent disruption is defined as any behavior that creates an immediate threat to the safety of students or staff. This disruption could be, but is not limited to, a threat of violence or an incident of violence resulting in injury, property damage, or assault as defined in Iowa Code 708.1. If the disruption is a violent disruption, the teacher must remove the student from the classroom and place the student under the supervision of the principal or the principal’s designee.
A student enrolled in kindergarten through grade five cannot be re-admitted into the teacher’s classroom until the principal or principal designee and the teacher meet to discuss the readmission of the student.
A student enrolled in grades six through twelve cannot be readmitted into the teacher’s classroom until the principal or the principal designee and the teacher meet to discuss readmission. The student is not allowed to be re-admitted to the teacher’s classroom until the immediate subsequent school day at the earliest.
A student cannot be re-admitted to a teacher’s classroom if all the following criteria are met:
The student was removed due to an assault on the teacher, and
The teacher does not consent to allowing the student to return to the teacher’s classroom.
Should there be a determination of disciplinary action, the principal will take the disciplinary action and notify the parent or guardian of the student in writing, and if possible, through electronic notice.
The principal must impose the maximum disciplinary action allowed under district policy when a student’s conduct, statements, or other actions:
are severe or pervasive; and
result in a request from the teacher for maximum disciplinary consequences.
Multiple Violent Disruption Removals
If a student is removed from a teacher’s classroom two or more times in a semester, then the principal will discipline the student in any of the following manners:
Assigning the student to either in-school or out-of-school suspension; or
Recommend to the superintendent the student be relocated in an alternative learning environment that has been approved by the superintendent.
Removal and discipline of students with disabilities under any of these categories must comply with the provisions of applicable federal and state law.
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Should a student with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) be removed from the classroom due to nonviolent disruptive behavior, an IEP team meeting will take place immediately subsequent to the removal of the student from the classroom. The meeting participants should additionally include the following individuals if practicable:
Teacher who removed the student from the classroom;
Any teacher who provides classroom instruction to the student;
Any other employee of the school district who was directly involved in the student’s conduct.
If a teacher or district employee listed above cannot attend the IEP meeting, they must review the IEP team’s minutes or summary of the meeting and provide written confirmation to the team that they have done so.
The IEP Team must discuss the following during the meeting:
The appropriateness of the student’s current educational programming.
Whether adjustments need to be made to the student’s IEP to address the student’s behaviors.
The student’s current placement and whether an alternative learning environment would best provide the student with a free appropriate public education.
The accommodations, modifications, and adaptations required to allow the student’s success in a general education setting; the supports needed by teachers and other school employees to provide the above-listed services; and whether the school district has the capacity to provide such supports and services.
Whether and to what extent the provision of special education services and activities in the general education environment will impact the student and the other students in the classroom.
If a student is removed from the classroom five (5) or more times within a fifteen (15) consecutive school day period, then the students' IEP team will meet to discuss the student’s behavior.
A teacher has the authority to request a meeting of the student’s IEP team at any time by submitting an electronic or written request to their building administrator. The request may be denied, in writing, with a description of why applicable laws do not require the meeting of the student’s IEP team.
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