Federal and State Compliance PEIMS Discipline 2012 2013 Fall Training 1
Lessons: Introduction Lesson 1: Discipline Overview Lesson 2: Discipline Documents and Resources Lesson 3: Reporting Discipline in Chancery Lesson 4: Discipline Reports Lesson 5: Preparing for a Texas Education Agency (TEA) Audit or Federal and State Compliance Review p 2
Introduction 3
Introduction The purpose of this course is to provide participants with an overview of the Texas laws and updates regarding submission of PEIMS discipline records. You will also learn about online discipline resources, PEIMSDataStandardscodes Standards codes, ChancerySMScoding coding, and how to prepare documentation for a Texas Education Agency (TEA) audit or Federal and State Compliance review.
Texas Education Code (TEC) 37.008(m 1) Under Texas Education Code (TEC) 37.008(m 1), failure to report all disciplinary removals and truancy actions as required by state and federal law may result in a review by the commissioner of education and notice to the local school board of any problems noted in the district s data, or a violation of a law or other rule. This review may also result in a notification to the county attorney, district i attorney, criminal i ldistrict i attorney, as appropriate, and the attorney general. This provision can apply to missing, inaccurate, and/or falsified information/data.
Introduction to the PEIMS 425 Record 425 record data is required by TEC, Chapter 37, P.L. 107 110 No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and IDEA 2004, which includes students who are receiving special education and related services. TEA will maintain the privacy of this personally identifiable information in accordance with FERPA. A PEIMS 425 record is required for each disciplinary action taken against any student which results in the removal from his regular classroom or when truancy charges have been filed against a student and/or his parent. 6
Introduction to the PEIMS 425 Record Multiple violations are sometimes committed in the course of one disciplinary event. The appropriate code to use in this event is the offense code representing the most serious violation. DO NOT make multiple entries in the Discipline Reason Code field. Multiple consequences are frequently administered for a single offense. A PEIMS 425 record must be recorded for each disciplinary action that results in a removal. 425 records are reported at the end of the current school year, and are a part of PEIMS Submission 3. 7
Removal Categories Every disciplinary action that results in the removal of a student from any part oftheir regular academic programwill becategorized in oneoftheof following general categories: Suspensions DAEP assignments Expulsions to the Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program DAEP & JJAEP Continuations 8
For disciplinary removals of a student who is receiving special education and related services from the student's current educational placement, a change of placement occurs if the removal is for more than 10 consecutive days (CFR 300.530 300.536). The ARD committee that deals with the change of placement must review the student's IEP to detail the special education and related services to be administered to the student while he is removed for discipline reasons. Be careful not to confuse the 10 day change of placement requirement for special education purposes with the 1 day removal requirement for 425 record reporting purposes. 9
A 425 record is required for all students who are receiving special education and related services and are removed from their regularly scheduled classes for one day or more. A change of placement occurs when the removal is for more than 10 consecutive days, and a change of placement may occur when the removal is for more than 10 cumulative days in a school year based on factors such as the length of each removal, the total amount of the time the child is removed, and the proximity of the removals to one another. An ARD committee must be involved when the removal or series of removals constitute a change in placement. 10
Behavior Location Code (new) indicates where a student committed an applicable offense that is enumerated in Texas Education Code 37.006 or 37.007. (On/off campus, school related activities, etc ). C190 code added (Behavior Location Codes) 00 - Not Applicable 01 - On Campus 02 - Off Campus, but within 300 feet of campus property line 03 - Off Campus, but at a school sponsored or school related activity 04 - Off Campus, and further than 300 feet from the campus boundary (Student was not in attendance at a school sponsored or school related activity) 05 - On campus of another school district, or while in attendance at a school sponsored or school related activity of another school district 11
51 Firearm (Off Campus 300 ft Zone) 52 Illegal Knife, Club, Or Prohibited Weapon (Off Campus 300 ft Zone) 53 Serious Offense Conduct (Off Campus 300 ft Zone) 54 Felony Marihuana, Controlled Substance, Dangerous Drug, Or Alcoholic Beverage (Off Campus 300 ft Zone) 20 Serious or Persistent Misconduct Violating the Code of Conduct while in DAEP 12
59 Serious Misbehavior as defined by TEC 37.008 while expelled or placed in a DAEP TEC 37.007(c) defines "serious misbehavior" as: (1) deliberate violent behavior that poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others; (2) extortion, meaning the gaining of money or other property by force or threat; (3) conduct that constitutes coercion, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code; or (4) conduct that constitutes the offense of: (A) public lewdness under Section 21.07, Penal Code; (B) indecent exposure under Section 21.08, Penal Code; (C) criminal mischief under Section 28.03, Penal Code; (D) personal hazing under Section 37.152; or (E) harassment under Section 42.07(a)(1), Penal Code, of a student or district employee. 13
Lesson 1: Discipline Overview 14
Lesson 1 Discipline Overview In this lesson, you will learn about important timelines, PEIMS vocabulary and how to use codes appropriately.
Important Timelines Please refer to the important timelines on the chart below. LastDay Day, LastSchool Year (SY) June8 8, 2012 Snapshot October 26, 2012 School Start Window Aug 27 Sept 28, 2012 Under Reported Student List December 2012 Student Searches Completed January 20, 2013 PEIMS Resubmission Mid January 2013 TEA Publishes Dropout List Mid June 2013
2011 2012 PEIMS Data Standards are available on the TEA web site: Go to: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/peims/standards/wedspre/index.html t t t t / / t d / d /i d Next to codes, enter one of the following: C164 for Disciplinary Action Codes C165 for Disciplinary Action Reason Codes C166 for Disciplinary Length Difference Reason Codes C190 for Behavior Location Code Appendix E of the PEIMS Data Standards provides additional information related to discipline reporting that includes detailed definitions of DISCIPLINARY ACTION CODES and DISCIPLINARY ACTION REASON CODES.
PEIMS Vocabulary DISCRETIONARY means that your campus may send MANDATORY means that your campus must send PEIMS 425: (CHANCERY) DETAILED DESCRIPTION POLICE DOCUMENTATION 18
PEIMS Vocabulary PEIMS nomenclature compared to Chancery nomenclature PEIMS Disciplinary Action Reason Code DisciplinaryAction Code Actual Days Assigned Actual Days Served Difference Code Behavior Location Code Chancery Event/Concern Action Total Time Required* Previously Completed Discrepancy Reason Location Category *NOTE Time required must be changed to DAYS and not the default time of HOURS In other words change the HOURS to DAYS. 19
Types of Disciplinary Codes There are two types of Disciplinary Codes: LOCAL (non numbered) PEIMS (numbered) ASCO Administrator/student parent conference ASPC Administrator/student/parent conference BUSP Removal of bus privileges CNTR Behavior or conduct contract COUN Referral to drug free schools counselor and/or appropriate agency DENT Detention OSCV Student Code of Conduct Violation PCON Parent Conference AND 02 Conduct punishable as a felony 04 Possessed, sold, used, or was under the influence of marihuana or other controlled substance 06 In school suspension 11 Used, exhibited, or possessed a firearm 21 Violation of student code of conduct 26 Terroristic threat 41 Fighting/Mutual Combat (Must involve 2 or more students from the same campus) The Offenses Consequences Chart has a complete list of disciplinary codes. 20
Mismatching PEIMS/Local Codes o o With the exception of the Local Bullying Event/Concern, there must be no mismatching of codes: The Disciplinary Action Reason (offense) code and the Disciplinary Action (consequence) code must all have either PEIMS codes or LOCAL codes. DO NOT mix PEIMS codes with LOCAL codes for any one incident, unless you are using the Bullying code along with a PEIMS code. 21
Local Bullying Coding In the case of Bullying, a new local ldiscipline i code, BB, has been defined. This code should be used in all cases determined to be bullying. When the discipline action taken for the bullying incident removes the student from his regularly scheduled classroom, you must use a PEIMS code such as 21 Code of Conduct Violation or 28 Assault under Penal Code to explain the reason for the removal. You should also assign the local code BB to indicate that this event involves bullying. If the event did not result in removal from class, the local code for bullying may be used with another local Action Code such as ASCO Adm Stu or Parent Conf. 22
Discipline Action Reason Codes that result in Mandatory Removal to a DAEP (07) 02 Felony (school related) 04 Possession, selling, or under the influence of a controlled substance DAEP or JJAEP 05 Possession, selling, or under the influence of alcohol DAEP or JJAEP 06 Abuse of a volatile chemical DAEP or JJAEP 07 Public lewdness DAEP 08 Retaliation i against district i employee DAEP or JJAEP 22 Criminal mischief DAEP or JJAEP 26 Terroristic threat DAEP or JJAEP 27 Assault against employee DAEP or JJAEP (with bodily injury) 28 Assault against non employee DAEP (with bodily injury) (Victim Letter required) 34 school related gang violence DAEP 35 False alarm, false report DAEP 49 Engages in deadly dl conduct DAEP 55/56 Required to register as a sex offender DAEP The Offenses Consequences Chart has a complete list of disciplinary action reason codes. 23
Discipline Action Reason Codes that result in Mandatory Expulsion JJAEP (02) Danger Campus Indicators 11 Possession of a firearm 12 Possession o of illegal knife 13 Possession of illegal club 14 Possession of prohibited weapon as listed in Code 16 Arson 17 Murder 18 Indecency with a child (Victim Letter required) 19 Aggravated kidnapping (Victim Letter required) 29 Aggravated assault against employee 30 Aggravated assault against non employee (Victim Letter required) 31 Sexual assault against employee 32 Sexual assault against non employee (Victim Letter required) 36 Drug related felony 37 Alcohol related felony 46 Aggravated robbery 47 Manslaughter 48 Criminally negligent homicide 57 Continuous sexual abuse of a young child (Victim Letter required) 24
Truancy (42, 43, 44, 45) Truancy reporting is a federally mandated requirement under No Child Left Behind (NCLB). A PEIMS425 record on truancy can only be generated after the court has made a finding of truancy. If the court hearing does not occur during the school year (i.e. summer months) in which the truancy charges were filed, a truancy entry should NOT be made in Chancery for the current school year. A truancy record could be filed the following school year only if the student enrolls and is in attendance in the district the following year with the first date of enrollment as the date of the disciplinary action. If the court makes a finding against both the parent and the student, a PEIMS 425 record is required of the student. Schools have the option of entering a PEIMS 425 record for the parent with a different incident record. If the court makes a finding against only the parent and not the student, a PEIMS 425 record is entered for the parent. 25
Disciplinary Action Assigned Date Date of Disciplinary Action is the date that the disciplinary assignment was ordered. This may or may not reflect the date on which the disciplinary infraction occurred. This date may or may not reflect the date on which the disciplinary assignment begins. For continuation assignments, this date reflects the first day of the continuation. The date must be PRIOR to the student s withdrawal from school. A date equal to or later than the withdrawal date will result in an error in Edit+. The date must not exceed either the student s withdrawal date nor the school calendar. 26
Lesson 2: Discipline Documents and Resources 27
Lesson 2 Discipline Documents and Resources In this lesson, you will learn about the documents and resources available to help schools accurately report student disciplinary events and actions.
Online Discipline Resources Texas public schools have several resources available to help them accurately code student discipline data and maintain appropriate documentation. These resources include: www.tea.state.tx.us/peims Texas Education Code Chapter 37 TEA StudentAttendance Accounting Handbook TEA PEIMS Data Standards TEA Appendix E: Additional Information Related to Discipline 29
Online Discipline Resources In HISD, schools have these additional resources available to support data quality: www.houstonisd.org HISD Board Policy HISD Code of Student Conduct Federal and State Compliance web site Data Quality Manual Days Remaining Chart Elementary Guidelines HISDDiscipline Discipline Referral Template Offenses Consequences Discipline Chart Secondary Guidelines 30
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Schools can download the forms below from the FSC web site. These forms are also available in the HISD Data Quality Manual. Signed copies of these forms should be kept the student s discipline folder as appropriate. p HISD Discipline Referral Template Notice of In School Suspension Notice of Out of School Suspension Notice of DAEP Assignment (High school letter) Notice of DAEP Assignment (Elementary and middle school letter) Notice of Recommended Expulsion Waiver Letter Notice of Expulsion (Hearing Waived) Notice of Expulsion Victim of Violent Crime Letter 32
Schools should use a discipline referral form with all required PEIMSelements to document administrative designations of discipline coding. Administrators should be cognizant that they not clerical staff are responsible for documenting the coding. 33
HISD Discipline Referral Template The HISD Discipline Referral Template fulfills all TEA PEIMS requirements. The form is used for HISD compliance review purposes and should be the cover page for all disciplinary actions. Mandatory Action Not Taken Reason Location Codes 34
Notice of In School Suspension (ISS) Send this notification to the parents of students to whom you have given an ISS assignment. 35
Notice of Out of School Suspension (OSS) Send this notification to the parents of students to whom you have given an OSS assignment. 36
Notice of DAEP Assignment (High School Letter) Send this notification to the parents of high school students to whom you have given a DAEP assignment. 37
Notice of DAEP Assignment Send this notification to the parents of elementary and middle school students to whomyou have given a DAEP assignment. 38
Notice of Recommended Expulsion Send this notification with the Waiver Letter to the parents ofstudents for whom you have recommended expulsion and for whom you have scheduled a hearing. 39
Waiver Letter Send this notification as an attachment to the Notice of Recommended Expulsion letter to the parents of students for whom you have recommended ddexpulsion. li If signed by the parent, keep a copy of the notification in the student s discipline folder. ode. 40
Notice of Expulsion (Hearing Waived) Send this notification to parents who waived the rights to a hearing and an appeal for a recommended ddexpulsion. li 41
Notice of Expulsion Send this notification to the parents of students who are being expelled and for whom you have held a hearing. 42
Victim of Violent Crime Letter Send this notification to the parents of students who have been victims of a violent crime. 43
Offenses & Consequences Chart The Offenses Consequences chart provides a summary of PEIMS discipline coding, appropriate options and reminders regarding required documentation. Refer to this chart when determining appropriate PEIMS discipline coding and appropriate disciplinary actions (consequences). 44
Days Remaining Chart The Days Remaining Chart is used to determine the length of DAEP and JJAEP placements. 45
Lesson 3: Reporting Discipline in Chancery 46
Lesson 3 Reporting Discipline in Chancery In this lesson, you will receive a brief overview on reporting student discipline information in Chancery.
Instinctively, users would get to choose the student involved in an incident, go to the student s Behavior Screen, and then add the incident. If another student was involved, the same procedure would again guide the user to choose the next student and try to merge the student into the previously createdincident. Chancery does NOT function in this manner. The following screens will walk you through the proper method of entering disciplinary events into Chancery SMS. 48
Reporting Discipline in Chancery First, record a discipline incident record by going to Student Behavior in the control panel. The SMS automatically assigns an incident number to the incident record. This incident number CAN NOT BE EDITED. By creating the incident record first and then adding the students involved, you will ensure that all persons involved and all actions taken will have the same incident number as required by PEIMS. NOTE: Any other path may result in different incident numbers for parts of the same incident and will result in PEIMS errors. 49
Reporting Discipline in Chancery Select the Student Behavior from the Control Panel. 50
Reporting Discipline in Chancery From the Actions menu, select add Student Behavior. 51
Required Discipline Information 52
Required Discipline Information Note Incident # and Date of Incident appear at top. 53
Reporting Discipline in Chancery Behavior Location Codes 54
Required Discipline Information Required for all expulsions Required for weapons cases 55
Required Discipline Information Request from the police officer who issued the ticket. Make sure to have detailed written information (.i.e. type of assault with bodily injury) 56
Selecting School Students Enter student tname 57
Selecting School Students Select student by clicking. 58
Reporting Discipline in Chancery A PEIMS reportable incident can only have ONE event/concern. Choose the most severe to assign to the incident. 59
Displaying Campus Discipline Student List Display Campus Records: Select Student Behavior Display All Records Note: For PEIMS reporting, Event and Action REQUIRE a PEIMS number 60
Entering Number of Days 61
Entering Campus of Assignment/Responsibility 62
Lesson 4: Discipline Reports 63
Lesson 4 Discipline Reports In this lesson, you will learn about the Chancery and Federal and State Compliance reports available to help schools maintain accurate data.
Chancery Reports Discipline Roster Home / Student Behavior / Display All Records / Printer Icon / (options) / Print H_Out of School Sh lsuspension H_Incomplete DAEP Placement (at beginning of year) TX 425 Record Edit Home / Reports / Student Behavior Reports / TX 425 Record Edit 65
FSC Generated Reports 1) (425XX) Hours Report [Hours should be changed to Days] 2) (42507) Campus Assignment Must not be Blank 3) (42508) Reason is 00 but Days Assigned and Days Completed Don t Match 4) (42509) Days Match but Reason Not 00 5) (42510) Campus of Responsibility Must be JJAEP 6) (42515) OSS must not have a Campus of Assignment 7) (42526) Unauthorized Student Expulsion 8) (42553) Campus ID of Responsibility Must not be JJAEP 9) (42567) OSS Exceeding Three (3) Days Suspension 66
Other FSC Reports 1) ISS Exceeding 5 days 2) 27 or 28 Action Codes 3) Campus of Assignment must not be blank 4) Campus of Responsibility must not be JJAEP 5) Dates not Within the School Calendar 6) Gun Report 7) Mandatory DAEP 8) Mandatory Expulsions 9) Mismatched Local Codes & PEIMS Codes 10) Victim of Violent Crimes 11) Mutual Combat in Incident Order 12) Truancy Reports 67
Schedule for Entering and Reviewing Data Enter data as soon as it is received. DO NOT wait an extended period of time. Run the Chancery TX 425 Edit Roster and correct any errors. Review the Chancery Discipline Roster correct any errors and/or omissions. Review local reports created by the Federal and State Compliance department. Review Edit+ reports during April and May for the Summer PEIMS Submission. Repeat all steps throughout the school year. 68
Lesson 5: Preparing for a TEA Audit or FSC Review 69
Lesson 5 Preparing for a TEA Audit or Fd Federal and State Compliance Review In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare documentation for a Texas Education Agency (TEA) audit or Federal and State Compliance review.
Preparing for a TEA Audit or FSC Review There should be a discipline folder for each student with a PEIMS Discipline Record labeled with student s full name, ID and grade level. Documents for each incident id are grouped together th and should ldinclude the following: 1) Referral Template matching the discipline record 2) Action Date the date the administrator took action 3) Report Date the date of the incident 4) Administrative assignment of offense 5) Administrativeassignment assignment of consequence 6) Administrative signature & date (original in ink) 7) Incident Number 8) Assigned Days, ActualDays 9) Difference Code 71
Truancy Requirements: Three (3)day letter 10 day letter Court case filed Documentation of court action Note: No charges against students younger than 12, or 18 years or older. Parents of students younger than 18 can be charged. 72
In School Suspension (ISS 06) Requirements: o o o Referral Form Notice to Parent No longer than five (5) days an exception for those students pending placement to a DAEP/JJAEP 73
Out of School Suspension (OSS 05) Requirements: Referral Form Notice to Parent No longer than three (3) days (state law) 74
DAEP Placement (07) Requirements: Referral Form Student is at least six (6) years old Police Report number if placement is mandatory Copy of DAEP Approval / Rejection (all referrals are now made online via the HISD portal) Notice to Parents 75
Expulsion (JJAEP 02) Requirements: Referral Form Student is at least ten (10) years old Assigned to Campus #320 Notice to Parents Final Written Order on File Waived Document signed by both parent and student 76
Proper coding and/or data issues Federal Fd and State Compliance Department, 713 556 6753 6753 Jose Cavazos, Senior Compliance Analyst (Alternative & Contract Charter Schools), 713 556 6767 Cathleen Freeman, Senior Compliance Analyst (Elementary Schools), 713 556 6770 Pbl Pablo Martinez, Senior Compliance Analyst (Secondary Sh Schools), l)713 556 6760 6760 Compliance Monitoring/Reviews Joyce Jones, Senior Compliance Analyst, 713 556 6758 6758 Jeff McCoy, Senior Compliance Analyst, 713 556 6756 Veda Winfree, Senior Compliance Analyst, 713 556 6769 DAEP/JJAEP Process DAEP/JJAEP Process Luis Gavito, Department of Student Discipline, 713 556 7140 Patrice Grovey, HISD Principal for Beechnut Academy, 713 802 4760