Student Bill of Rights
Disciplinary Responses
Supports & Interventions
Restorative Practices
Infraction Codes
100
This is a basic “student right” guaranteed to all children.
What is "The Right to a Free, Public School Education"?
100
This includes detention or exclusion from extracurricular activities or communal lunchtime.
What is "in-school disciplinary responses"?
100
Through this method students actively listen and talk through an issue or conflict directly with those with whom they disagree to arrive at a mutually satisfactory resolution.
What is "conflict resolution"?
100
This restorative practice enables a group to build relationships, establish understanding and trust, create a sense of community, learn how to make decisions together, develop agreements, resolve difficult issues, and address other issues as they arise.
What is the "circle process"?
100
Chris is cutting class and roaming the halls. This behavior is aligned to this Level 1 infraction.
What is infraction code B06: Failing to be in one’s assigned place on school premises?
200
Attending school regularly and punctually, being prepared for class, following school regulations regarding entering and leaving the classroom and school building, and helping maintain a school environment free of weapons, illegal drugs, controlled substances, and alcohol.... to name a few.
What are "Student Responsibilities"?
200
A student who engages in behavior that is substantially disruptive to the education process or substantially interferes with a teacher’s authority over the classroom may receive this consequence after time.
What is a "teacher removal from the classroom"?
200
This support allows the student and teacher to meet and to create a written contract that includes objectives and the specific performance tasks that the student will accomplish to meet those objectives.
What is an "Individual Behavior Contract"?
200
This process enables an individual to talk through an issue or conflict directly with the person with whom they disagree to arrive at a mutually satisfactory resolution.
What is "Collaborative Negotiation"?
200
Jaden is found with a vape and lighter on him. This is aligned to this Level 2 infraction.
What is B13: Possession and/or use of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, matches, lighters, and/or vaping devices?
300
Being able to discuss issues and demonstrate peacefully and responsibly in support of them, in accordance with policies and procedures established by the New York City Department of Education.
What is "The Right to Freedom of Expression and Person"?
300
Behavior that presents a clear and present danger of physical injury to the student, other students or school personnel, or prevents the orderly operation of classes or other school activities consistent with the disciplinary responses may receive this disciplinary action by the principal for up to 5 days.
What is a "principal's suspension"?
300
This is intervention is provided to students as an outlet to privately share issues that may be negatively impacting their attendance, behavior, and/or academic success.
What is "individual or group counseling"?
300
During this process a student facilitates the negotiation process between conflicting parties (other students) so they can come to a mutually satisfactory resolution.
What is "peer mediation"?
300
Jimmy states to the dean that while he was playing basketball with Justin, he pushed him to the ground and then spit on him. These behaviors represent this Level 3 infraction.
What is B24: Shoving, pushing, or engaging in a minor altercation or similar physical confrontational behavior toward students or school personnel (e.g., pushing past another person), or throwing an object (e.g., chalk), or spitting at another person?
400
Every student has the right to be treated fairly in accordance with the rights set forth in the Citywide Behavioral Expectations manual.
What is "The Right to Due Process"?
400
This may exceed a 5 day removal and student is provided with the opportunity for a hearing at which the student has the opportunity to present evidence and witnesses on their behalf and to question the school’s witnesses.
What is a "Superintendent's Suspension"?
400
This intervention allows students to develop skills and engage in real-life solutions to help communities, while holding students accountable for their behavior and allowing them to make positive amends to the community in order to counter their earlier misconduct.
What is "Community Service"?
400
These skills are required during the collaborative negotiation process.
What are active listening and communication skills?
400
Dylan records a fight and then posts the fight on his Snapchat story and Instagram story. This is aligned to this Level 4 infraction and can result in superintendent's suspension.
What is B35: Posting, distributing, displaying, or sharing literature or material containing a threat of violence, injury or harm, or depicting violent actions against or obscene, vulgar or lewd pictures of students or staff, including but not limited to posting such material on the Internet?
500
This act gives students who have reached 18 years of age certain rights with respect to the student’s education records
What is "The Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)"?
500
At the middle and high school levels, students serving superintendent’s suspensions are assigned to this site and receive daily academic instruction coupled with significant supports and interventions.
What are "Alternate Learning Centers (ALCs)"?
500
This practice includes collaborative negotiation, circle process, peer mediation, conflict resolution, and formal restorative conferencing.
What are "restorative practices"?
500
In order to bond as a community, members must feel this trait in order ensure they are valued and can respond appropriate to one another?
What is respect?
500
Lauren and Natalie and other students are communicating on the GroupMe app. Lauren begins making fun of Natalie's appearance and ethnicity, and makes derogatory jokes. Others in the group begin to chime in as well, and continue to make mean jokes towards Natalie. Eventually, they end up kicking Natalie out of the online group chat. This is in an indicator of this infraction.
What is B40: Engaging in harassing, intimidating and/or bullying behavior, including using electronic communication to engage in such behavior (cyber-bullying) based on an individual’s actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, religious practices, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability or weight; such behavior includes, but is not limited to: physical violence; stalking; verbal, written, or physical conduct that threatens another with harm; seeking to coerce or compel a student or staff member to do something; hazing; taunting; exclusion from peer groups designed to humiliate or isolate; using derogatory language or making derogatory jokes or name calling to humiliate or harass?