BOE FINAL DRAFT 25.26 TSD Student Code of Conduct - Flipbook - Page 6
This rebuttable presumption does not apply to short-term suspensions (i.e., 10 school days or fewer) or to
a student who possesses a firearm in a weapons free school zone. However, with respect to all longterm suspensions and expulsions, the School District administrator implementing the discipline will
consider and document consideration of the seven factors listed above.
Restorative Practices Consistent with Michigan law and in every case, the School District will consider
restorative practices as an addition or alternative to suspension or expulsion. Restorative practices are
practices that emphasize repairing the harm of the victim and the School District community of a student’s
misconduct or other behavior. Restorative practices may be considered and implemented by a
restorative practices team. The restorative practices team may be constituted and act in the manner
described in Section 1310c(2) of the Revised School Code or in a different manner, depending on the
circumstances as a whole.
Restorative practices should be the first consideration to remediate offenses such as interpersonal
conflicts, bullying, verbal and physical conflicts, theft, damage to property, class disruption, harassment,
and cyberbullying.
Definitions of Discipline
Administrative Intervention Disciplinary action which does not result in a student being suspended from
school and which includes, but is not limited to, restorative practices. Administrative intervention may
include the removal of a student from a class period, in-school suspension, a reprimand, restitution,
detention and/or work assignment before or after school, additional classroom assignments, and
revocation of the privilege of attending after school functions and activities, events, etc.
Suspension Exclusion of a student from school for fewer than 60 school days or exclusion from school
which will terminate upon the fulfillment of a specific set of conditions.
Expulsion Exclusion of the student from the School District for 60 school days or more or permanent
exclusion.
Introduction to Disciplinary Actions and Prohibited Acts
Introduction This Student Code of Conduct balances the School District’s obligation to maintain safety
and a conducive educational environment with the School District’s obligation to teach appropriate
behavior to students who engage in misconduct and inappropriate behavior.
The Student Code of Conduct establishes the rules governing the most serious and obvious types of
student misconduct. The prohibited acts listed in this Student Code of Conduct are not to be considered
as an all-inclusive list or as a limitation upon the authority of school officials to deal appropriately with
violations of a school building's individual rules and regulations, or other types of conduct which interfere
with the good order of the school system, the proper functioning of the educational process, or the health
and safety of students.
Attendance
There is a direct correlation between academic achievement and regular attendance. Frequent absences,
excused or unexcused, or tardiness in a class may seriously impact a student’s academic progress.
The Revised School Code (380.1561) states that "...every parent, guardian or other person in this state
having control and charge of a child from the age of six to the child's eighteenth birthday shall send that
child to the public schools during the entire school year. The child's attendance shall be continuous and
consecutive for the school year fixed by the school district in which the child is enrolled."
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