(1) An LEA or school shall develop and
implement a board approved comprehensive LEA plan or policy for student and
classroom management, school discipline, and restorative practices.
(2) An LEA shall include administration,
instruction and support staff, students, parents, community council, and other
community members in policy development, training, and prevention
implementation so as to create a community sense of participation, ownership,
support, and responsibility.
(3) An
LEA shall include as part of the plan, parental outreach and education
regarding the plan and how it can provide a discrimination and harassment free
environment, through strategies promoting positive engagement between staff,
students, and parents.
(4) A plan
described in Subsection (1) shall include:
(a)
the definitions of Section
53G-8-210;
(b) written standards for student behavior
expectations, including school and classroom management;
(c) effective instructional practices for
teaching student expectations, including:
(i)
self-discipline;
(ii)
citizenship;
(iii) civic skills;
and
(iv) social emotional
skills;
(d) systematic
methods for reinforcement of expected behaviors;
(e) uniform and equitable methods for
correction of student behavior;
(f)
consistent processes to collect student discipline data and incident or
infraction data, including collection of the number of days of student
suspensions and data collected from the school's climate survey as described in
Rule R277-623;
(g) uniform and
equitable methods for at least annual school level data-based evaluations of
efficiency and effectiveness;
(h)
an ongoing staff development program related to development of:
(i) student behavior expectations;
(ii) effective instructional practices for
teaching and reinforcing behavior expectations;
(iii) effective intervention strategies;
and
(iv) effective strategies for
evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of
interventions;
(i)
procedures for ongoing training of appropriate school personnel in:
(i) crisis management;
(ii) emergency safety interventions;
and
(iii) LEA policies related to
emergency safety interventions consistent with evidence-based
practice;
(j) policies
and procedures relating to the use and abuse of alcohol, controlled substances,
electronic cigarette products, and other harmful trends by students;
(k) policies and procedures for responding to
possession or use of electronic cigarette products by a student on school
property as required by Subsection
53G-8-203(3);
(k) policies and procedures, consistent with
requirements of Rule R277-613, related to:
(i)
bullying;
(ii)
cyber-bullying;
(iv) hazing;
and
(v)
retaliation;
(l) policies
and procedures for the use of emergency safety interventions for all students
consistent with evidence-based practices including prohibition of:
(i) physical restraint, subject to the
requirements of Section
R277-609-5, except when the
physical restraint is allowed as described in Subsection
53G-8-302(2);
(ii) prone, or face-down, physical
restraint;
(iii) supine, or
face-up, physical restraint;
(iv)
physical restraint that obstructs the airway of a student or adversely affects
a student's primary mode of communication;
(v) mechanical restraint, except:
(A) protective or stabilizing
restraints;
(B) restraints required
by law, including seatbelts or any other safety equipment when used to secure
students during transportation; and
(C) any device used by a law enforcement
officer in carrying out law enforcement duties;
(vi) chemical restraint, except as:
(A) prescribed by a licensed physician, or
other qualified health professional acting under the scope of the
professional's authority under State law, for the standard treatment of a
student's medical or psychiatric condition; and
(B) administered as prescribed by the
licensed physician or other qualified health professional acting under the
scope of the professional's authority under state law;
(vii) seclusionary time out, subject to the
requirements of Section
R277-609-5, except when a
student presents an immediate danger of serious physical harm to self or
others; and
(viii) for a student
with a disability, emergency safety interventions written into a student's IEP,
as a planned intervention, unless:
(A) school
personnel, the family, and the IEP team agree less restrictive means have been
attempted;
(B) a FBA has been
conducted; and
(C) a positive
behavior intervention, based on data analysis has been written into the plan
and implemented;
(m) direction for dealing with bullying and
disruptive students;
(n) direction
for schools to determine the range of behaviors and establish the continuum of
administrative procedures that may be used by school personnel to address
student behavior, including students who engage in disruptive student behaviors
as described in Section
53G-8-210;
(o) identification, by position, of an
individual designated to issue notices of disruptive and bullying student
behavior;
(p) identification of
individuals who shall receive notices of disruptive and bullying student
behavior;
(q) a requirement to
provide for documentation of an alleged class B misdemeanor or a nonperson
class A misdemeanor before referral of students with an alleged class B
misdemeanor or a nonperson class A misdemeanor to juvenile court;
(r) strategies to provide for necessary adult
supervision;
(s) a requirement that
policies be clearly written and consistently enforced;
(t) notice to employees that violation of
this rule may result in employee discipline or action;
(u) gang prevention and intervention policies
in accordance with Subsection
53E-3-509(1);
(v) provisions that account for an individual
LEA's or school's unique needs or circumstances, including:
(i) the role of law enforcement;
(ii) emergency medical services;
and
(iii) a provision for
publication of notice to parents and school employees of policies by reasonable
means; and
(iv) a plan for referral
for a student with a qualifying office to alternative school-related
interventions, including:
(A) a mobile crisis
outreach team, as defined in Section
80-1-102;
(B) a receiving center operated by the
Division of Juvenile Justice Services in accordance with Section
80-5-102;
(C) a youth court;
or
(w) a
comparable restorative justice program.
(4) A plan described in Subsection (1) may
include:
(a) Subsection
53E-3-509(2);
and
(b) a plan for training
administrators and school resource officers in accordance with Section
53G-8-702.