Definitions & Terminology
It means obtaining unauthorized control by intentionally taking someone else’s personal property
What is Larceny or Theft?
For formal disciplinary hearings, students and parents have the right to this, which may include legal counsel at their own expense
What is representation?
Even if an IEP team determines a behavior was not a manifestation of the student's disability, the district is still legally mandated to provide this standard of education during a long-term suspension or expulsion
What is a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?
Possession or use of these products, including e-cigarettes and vape pens, is strictly prohibited on school property and may lead to mandatory cessation programs
What are tobacco and nicotine products?
This free, confidential, 24/7 service provided by the Huntsman Mental Health Institute allows students to anonymously report safety concerns and access crisis intervention
What is the SafeUT crisis chat and tip line?
This framework includes positive behavior interventions, supports, and accountability practices to reduce behavior problems and ensure student success
What is MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports)?
A student may be removed to this 45-day setting if they carry a weapon, possess illegal drugs, or inflict serious bodily injury
What is an Interim Alternative Educational Setting (IAES)?
As part of their procedural safeguards under IDEA, parents of students with disabilities are entitled to this specific provision, which maintains the student's current educational placement during a dispute
What is the "stay put" provision
According to the district's gang prevention policy, marking school property with gang names or slogans is known as this prohibited act
What is tagging or graffiti?
All school employees are considered mandatory reporters and must immediately notify law enforcement or DCFS if they have reasonable cause to believe this has happened to a child
What is child abuse, neglect, or exploitation?
This term defines a threat, whether expressed or implied, to commit an offense involving bodily injury, death, or substantial property damage
What is a Terroristic Threat
If a student causes damage to school property, the school may withhold these specific documents until the damages are paid
What are official written grade reports, diplomas, or transcripts?
This review is conducted collaboratively with parents within 10 school days of a decision on discipline removal for up to 10 days
What is a Manifestation Determination Review (MDR)?
Using personal technology during classroom hours is prohibited unless required for a medical necessity documented in a health care plan, IEP, or Section 504 plan
What is Electronic Device Misuse?
This multidisciplinary group is responsible for receiving, evaluating, and responding to reports of threatening behaviors using evidence-based practices like CSTAG
What is a Threat Assessment Team (TAT)?
It is the intentional infliction of physical pain upon the body of a student as a disciplinary measure, a practice strictly prohibited by the district
What is Corporal Punishment?
School personnel may remove a student with a disability for disciplinary reasons for up to this many school days without being required to provide services
What is 10 school days?
This assessment is conducted to determine the function or purpose of a problem behavior and provide data to inform effective intervention strategies
What is a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)?
Committing an act that endangers the mental or physical health of a student for the purpose of participating in a school-sponsored team, organization, or club is defined as this
What is Hazing?
Emergency safety interventions (ESIs), such as seclusion or physical restraint, may only be used when a student presents this specific type of risk to themselves or others
What is an immediate danger?
This type of conduct is sufficiently severe, pervasive, or persistent so as to interfere with a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services offered by a school
What is Harassment?
This evidence-based practice holds students responsible for their actions by requiring them to repair harm and provide restitution when appropriate
What is an Accountability Practice?
This affirmative and ongoing obligation requires the district to identify, locate, and evaluate all children who are suspected of having a disability
What is "Child Find"?
Doing this act, defined as unlawfully and intentionally damaging property by means of fire or explosives, is a grave offense and strictly prohibited
What is Arson?
During the initial assessment of a reported safety concern, the Threat Assessment Team must determine if the threat is "substantive," meaning it requires further action, or this term, meaning it is minor and easily resolved
What is a "transient" threat?