District-Site Discipline Review Meetings Sample Clauses

District-Site Discipline Review Meetings. Beginning with the 2016/2017 school year, and annually thereafter, the Superintendent or Superintendent’s designee(s) will meet at the conclusion of each school year with the principal of each District school, to discuss the data gathered by the District pursuant to VIII.A. The meetings will examine how discipline referrals and disciplinary sanctions imposed at each school compare to those at other District schools and consider whether the data shows that African-American students are disproportionately referred for discipline or sanctioned more harshly than similarly-situated white students or similarly-situated students from other racial/ethnic groups. If higher rates exist for some racial/ethnic groups, the meetings will also explore possible causes for the higher rates and consider and determine steps to be taken, where warranted to ensure nondiscrimination in school discipline. The District and school sites will use this information to develop site-based corrective action plans that will be reassessed each year through this process. If the information suggests that the principal or other school staff members are failing to adhere to the District’s student discipline policies, procedures, and practices, the Superintendent or Superintendent’s designee(s) will take appropriate corrective action. Where the data shows no nondiscrimination in application, these meetings will examine steps that are being taken at the school to ensure the fair and equitable enforcement of the District’s student discipline policies, practices, and procedures, including any best practices that might be adopted at other schools. Reporting Requirements: By July 31, 2017 and by the same date annually thereafter, the District will provide documentation to OCR of the meetings held pursuant to this item, and of any steps taken as a result of information shared at the meetings.