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Administrative Transfer - The transfer of a student from oneschool to another usually as an intervention resulting from serious orrepeated violations of the Student Behavior Handbook.

Administrative Placement – A change of placement of a student made for non-disciplinary reasons.

Bullying – Any conduct or pattern of behavior committed with theintent to cause distress or to intimidate, embarrass, frighten, orotherwise harm another person.

Bus Suspension – An action taken by district and school administration to temporarily revoke a student’s transportation privileges.

Contract – A written behavior agreement signed by the student, administrator, and/or parent.

Detention – The requirement that a student remain in school or attend school outside of normal class time or school hours.  

Dismissal (or Removal from School)  – An action taken by the school administration requiring a student to leave school for up to one full school day.  

Educational Intervention Program (EIP) – An alternative tosuspension from school.  Students who are subject to suspensionmay be assigned to the EIP program which is located at a site away fromthe home school.  Not available at all sites.

Exclusion – An action taken by the Board of Education to preventenrollment or re-enrollment of a student for a period that shall notextend beyond the current school year.

Expulsion – An action taken by the Board of Education to prohibitan enrolled student from further attendance for up to twelve monthsfrom the date the student is expelled.

Expulsion From Bus – An action taken by school administration toprohibit a student from receiving transportation services from theSaint Paul Public Schools.

In-School Monitoring - Also known as a “daily reportcard.”  Students may be assigned to carry a monitor form duringthe day and have teachers record class progress.  These forms arethen reviewed by the administration and/or parents.

In-School Suspension – An action taken by the school administrationto prohibit a student from attending classes for a period of time whileremaining under the supervision of school staff during the school day.

Intent to or Intentionally  –  “With intent to” or“intentionally” means that the student/actor either has a purpose to dothe thing or cause the result specified, or believes that the act, ifsuccessful, will cause that result.  (Minn. Stat. § 609.02, subd.9)

Loss of Privilege – Examples:  loss of recess time, change of lunch table assignment, etc.

Mediation – Students who are in conflict with one another may beasked to participate in a mediation session led by a mediator toresolve the issues causing the conflict.

Parent – Includes the student’s parent or guardian.

Parent Notification/Conference – Administrative discussion or communication with a parent or guardian to address student academic or behavioral issues.

Police Notification – If an administrator believes that astudent may have violated a law, the police may be called to file areport and/or to assist as necessary.

Pupil Problems Committee (PPC) Referral – A staff member orparent who is concerned about the behavior or performance of a studentmay send a written request for consideration by the PPC to the school’sprincipal.

Referral for Other or Outside Services – Chemical use assessment; Social Worker; Mental Health; etc.

Removal from Class – An action taken by a teacher, principal orother school district employees to prohibit a student from attendingclass for a period of time not to exceed five class or activity periods.

Saturday School – A student may be assigned to attend a schoolsession on Saturday morning as a disciplinary action instead ofdismissal or suspension.

Sexual Contact – Includes the non-consensual touching of thecomplainant’s intimate parts (as well as the clothing covering theintimate parts) or forcing the complainant to touch any person’sintimate parts, and committed with sexual or aggressive intent. (Minn. Stat. § 609.341, subd. 11) Intimate parts – includes the primarygenital area, groin, inner thigh, buttocks or breast.  (Minn.Stat. § 609.341, subd. 5)

Student Conference – Administrative discussion or communication with student to address student academic or behavioral issues.

Suspension – An action taken by the school administration toprohibit a student from attending school for a period of no more thanten (10) school days. An additional five (5) days may be added ifexclusion or expulsion is being considered, or if the student’spresence will create an immediate and substantial danger.

Warning – An oral or written communication to stop a behavior that interferes with the learning environment or is unsafe.

Zero Tolerance Policy – Means if a student has violated a rule towhich the zero tolerance policy applies, the building principal mustrefer the student for expulsion or exclusion.