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Chart of Progressive Discipline

Understanding discipline as a “teachable moment” is fundamental to a positive approach to discipline. 

Progressive discipline uses incremental interventions to address inappropriate behavior with the ultimate goal of teaching pro-social behavior. Progressive discipline seeks concurrent accountability and behavior change. 

The goal of progressive discipline is prevention of a recurrence of negative behavior by helping students learn from their mistakes. Essential to the implementation of progressive discipline is helping students who have engaged in unacceptable behavior to:

  • Understand why the behavior is unacceptable and the harm it has caused 
  • Understand what they could have done differently in the same situation
  • Understand the impact their behaviors have on others
  • Take responsibility for their actions
  • Be given the opportunity to learn pro-social strategies and skills to use in the future
  • Understand the progression of more stringent consequences if the behavior recurs

Determining the Disciplinary Response

This document provides guidance to school officials when determining which disciplinary measure to impose. In determining how to best address inappropriate conduct, it is necessary to evaluate the totality of the circumstances surrounding the conduct. The following facts must be considered prior to determining the appropriate disciplinary measures: 

  • The nature, severity, and scope of the behavior 
  • The student’s age and maturity
  • The circumstances/context in which the conduct occurred
  • The frequency and duration of the behavior
  • The student’s disciplinary record (including the nature of any prior misconduct, the number of prior instances of misconduct, and the disciplinary and guidance intervention measures applied for each) 
  • The student’s IEP (Individual Education Plan), BIP (Behavioral Intervention Plan), and/or 504 Accommodation Plan, if applicable

Student Discipline Chart

This discipline chart will be used during the school year as a recommendation to school administrators so students that violate the District Code of Conduct are dealt with in a consistent and fair manner. Disciplinary action will be determined at the discretion of the administrator, with consideration of the age and relevant behavior record of the student. Penalties may be modified with consideration of extenuating circumstances or the severity of the infraction, based on the disciplinary penalties and procedures outlined in the District Code of Conduct. Steps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 indicate progressive disciplinary penalties for subsequent violations. Furthermore, discipline may include educational components, such as written and/or verbal apologies to the victims, essays, or other things deemed academically appropriate by teachers or administrators. 

Definitions

Detention: Students must be on time and sit quietly for the entire time. May include Extended Detention at the High School. 

In School Suspension (ISS): Students are assigned to an alternative educational location. Students will be given credit for all work completed and for attendance

Out of School Suspension (OSS): Students are not allowed to attend school or school-related functions, except for district-provided tutoring, when assigned. Tutoring will be provided.

Index

Academic Misconduct (may include cheating, plagiarism)

Step 1

  • Student receives a grade of zero for work or exam
  • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
  • Detention 1-5 days
  • ISS 1-5 days
  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s Hearing

Step 2

  • Student receives a grade of zero for work or exam
  • Detention 1-5 days
  • ISS 1-5 days

Step 3

  • Student receives a grade of zero for work or exam
  • ISS 1-5 days
  • OSS 1-5 days

Step 4

  • Student receives a grade of zero for work or exam
  • OSS 1-5 days

Step 5

  • Student receives a grade of zero for work or exam
  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s Hearing

Aggressive Bystanding (skip to index)

Steps 1-5

  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s Hearing

 

Assault with Physical Injury (skip to index)

Step 1

  • ISS 1-5 days
  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s Hearing

Steps 2-5

  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s Hearing

Assault with Serious Physical Injury (skip to index)

Steps 1-5

  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s Hearing

Cyberbullying (skip to index)

Step 1

  • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
  • Detention 1-5 days
  • ISS 1-5 days
  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s Hearing

Steps 2-5

  • Detention 1-5 days
  • ISS 1-5 days
  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s Hearing

Cutting Class (skip to index)

Step 1

  • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
  • Detention 1-5 days

Step 2

  • Detention 1-5 days

Steps 3-5

  • ISS 1-5 days

Drugs/Alcohol (Use/possession of) (skip to index)

Step 1

  • ISS 1-5 days
  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s Hearing

Steps 2-5

  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s Hearing

Endangerment (skip to index)

Step 1

  • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
  • Detention 1-5 days
  • ISS 1-5 days
  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s hearing

Steps 2-5

  • Detention 1-5 days
  • ISS 1-5 days
  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s hearing

Explosives (skip to index)

Steps 1-5

  • OSS 1-5 days
  • Superintendent’s hearing

    Failure to Serve Detention (skip to index)

    Step 1

    • Administrator or teacher conference with student
    • ISS 1-5 days

    Step 2

    • ISS 1-5 days

    Steps 3-5

    • ISS 1-5 days
    • OSS 1-5 days

    Failure to Serve ISS (skip to index)

    Steps 1-4

    • OSS

    Step 5

    • OSS
    • Superintendent’s hearing

     

    False Alarm (skip to index)

    Step 1

    • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
    • Detention 1-5 days
    • ISS 1-5 days
    • OSS 1-5 days
    • Superintendent’s hearing

    Steps 2-5

    • Detention 1-5 days
    • ISS 1-5 days
    • OSS 1-5 days
    • Superintendent’s hearing

    Fighting (skip to index)

    Step 1

    • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
    • Detention 1-5 days
    • ISS 1-5 days
    • OSS 1-5 days
    • Superintendent’s hearing

    Steps 2-5

    • ISS 1-5 days
    • OSS 1-5 days
    • Superintendent’s Hearing

    Gambling (skip to index)

    Step 1

    • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
    • Detention 1-5 days
    • ISS 1-5 days
    • OSS 1-5 days
    • Superintendent’s hearing

    Step 2

    • Detention 1-5 days
    • ISS 1-5 days
    • OSS 1-5 days
    • Superintendent’s hearing

    Steps 3-5

    • ISS 1-5 days
    • OSS 1-5 days
    • Superintendent’s hearing

    Harassment/Intimidation/Discrimination/Bullying/Anti-Semitism* (Excluding Sexual Harassment) (skip to index)

    Step 1

    • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
    • Detention 1-5 days
    • ISS 1-5 days
    • OSS 1-5 days
    • Superintendent’s hearing

     

    Steps 2-5

      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      *The minimum disciplinary consequence for anti-Semitic harassment, discrimination or bullying will be an age-appropriate detention. 

       

      Homicide (skip to index)

      Steps 1-5

      • Contact Law Engorcement
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Insubordination (skip to index)

      Step 1

      • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Step 2

      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Steps 3-5

      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Leaving Building (skip to index)

      Step 1

      • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Step 2

      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Step 3

      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Steps 4-5

      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Leaving Grounds (skip to index)

      Step 1

      • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Step 2

      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Step 3

      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Steps 4-5

      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Misconduct/Disruptive Activity (skip to index)

      Step 1

      • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Steps 2-3

      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Steps 4-5

      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Pass Abuse (skip to index)

      Step 1

      • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
      • Pass restriction
      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Steps 2-5

      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days

      Possession of Nicotine/Smokeless Products (skip to index)

      Steps 1-5

      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Profanity (non-directed) (skip to index)

      Step 1

      • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Step 2

      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days

      Steps 3-4

      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days

      Step 5

      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Profanity (directed) (skip to index)

      Step 1

      • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
      • Detention 1-5 days
      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Steps 2-4

      • ISS 1-5 days
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Step 5

      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Sexual Assault

      Steps 1-5

      • Contact Law Enforcement
      • OSS 1-5 days
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Sexual Harassment

      Step 1

      • 1-5 Day Suspension and Parent Conference with principal in school

      Step 2

      • 5-day Suspension 
      • Superintendent’s hearing

      Steps 3-5

      • 5-day Suspension
      • Contact Law Enforcement
      • Superintendent’s Hearing

        Other Sexual Offenses (Excluding Sexual Harassment) (skip to index)

        Step 1

        • Administrator conference with student and phone call to parent
        • Detention 1-5 days
        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Step 2

        • Detention 1-5 days
        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Steps 3-4

        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Step 5

        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

         

        Tardiness (group of 3) (skip to index)

        • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
        • Detention 1-5 days
        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Step 2

        • Detention 1-5 days
        • ISS 1-5 days

        Steps 3-5

        • ISS 1-5 days

        Theft (skip to index)

        Step 1

        • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
        • Detention 1-5 days
        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Step 2

        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Steps 3-5

        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Truancy (skip to index)

        Step 1

        • Detention 1-5 days
        • ISS 1-5 days

        Steps 2-5

        • ISS 1-5 days

        Unauthorized/Unsupervised Area (skip to index)

        Step 1

        • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
        • Detention 1-5 days
        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Steps 2-5

        • Detention 1-5 days
        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Use of Nicotine/Smokeless Products (skip to index)

        Steps 1-5

        • OSS -5 days

        Vandalism (must repay or repair) (skip to index)

        Step 1

        • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
        • Detention 1-5 days
        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Step 2

        • Detention 1-5 days
        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Step 3

        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Steps 4-5

        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Weapon (skip to index)

        Step 1

        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Steps 2-5

        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Unsafe Driving/Parking (skip to index)

        Step 1

        • Warning and/or administrator conference with student
        • Parking/driving privileges suspended

        Step 2

        • Parking/driving privileges suspended

        Steps 3-5

        • Parking/driving privileges suspended
        • OSS 1-5 days

        Violation of Technology Acceptable Use Policy (skip to index)

        Step 1

        • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
        • Suspend student privileges
        • Detention 1-5 days
        • ISS 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing

        Steps 2-5

        • Warning and/or administrator or teacher conference with student
        • Detention 1-5 days
        • OSS 1-5 days
        • Superintendent’s hearing
        Pine Bush Central School District
        State Route 302, Pine Bush, NY 12566
        Phone: (845) 744-2031
        Fax: (845) 744-6189
        Brian Dunn
        Superintendent of Schools
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