Continuous Improvement and Monitoring System (CIMS)

General Resources

• Discipline Procedures (January 2011)
• School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Implementation Guide 2008
• Procedural Safeguards Notice (May 2009)
• Special Education Facts for Indicator B-4B (from the 2009–2010 APR)
• Ten Alternatives to Suspension
• Racial Disproportionality in School Practices
• Proactive Culturally Responsive Discipline
• IDEA Regulations Related to Suspension/Expulsion

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Additional Information About B-4B

• APR Definition: Percent of districts that have: (a) a significant discrepancy, by race or ethnicity, in the rate of suspensions and expulsions of greater than 10 days in a school year of children with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs); and (b) policies, procedures or practices that contribute to the significant discrepancy and do not comply with requirements relating to the development and implementation of IEPs, the use of positive behavioral interventions and support, and procedural safeguards.
• Calculation
  • A district was identified as having a significant dis-crepancy in rates of suspensions and expulsions by race/ethnicity if 3.6 percent or more of its students with IEPs in a racial/ethnic group received out-of school suspensions/expulsions for greater than 10 days cumulatively during the school year. Only locals with at least 30 students with IEPs enrolled in 2009–2010 were considered.
  • For those selected locals, the suspension/expulsion data for a particular race/ethnicity category was ex-amined if there were at least 10 students with IEPs in this category enrolled in the 2009–2010 school year.