Authority of School Teachers to Discipline (JD)

Each teacher shall, at the beginning of each school year and periodically throughout the school year, provide his or her students with the school-wide discipline plan and how it applies to the classroom. The teacher will teach behavioral expectations and provide a system to acknowledge appropriate behavior and remediate behavioral deficits. Each teacher may take action to correct a student who violates school rules or who interferes with an orderly education process. Disciplinary actions by teachers may include but are not limited to oral or written reprimands, referrals to the school counselor, written notifications to parents providing a copy to the principal, parent-teacher conferences, and other disciplinary measures approved by the principal. Approved communication channels include school email, phone calls, and JTEXTS.

No principal or administrator shall prohibit or discourage a teacher from taking disciplinary action, recommending disciplinary action, or completing a form to initiate disciplinary action against a student who violates school policy or who interferes with an orderly education process. No principal or administrator shall retaliate or take adverse employment action against a teacher for taking disciplinary action against a student if the disciplinary action that the teacher takes is in accordance with School Board policy.