Site Discipline Review Meetings. Beginning with the fall 2016 semester, each school principal will meet at the conclusion of each semester with the administrators, teachers, SROs, and other relevant staff at his/her school to discuss the data gathered and analyzed pursuant to VIII.A, and VIII.B and the site-based corrective action plan, if applicable.
1. The meetings will examine how discipline referrals and disciplinary sanctions imposed at the school compare to those at other District schools and consider any data indicating that African-American students are disproportionately referred for discipline or sanctioned more harshly than similarly-situated students of other races;
2. If the data shows such higher rates of discipline and/or law enforcement contacts for African-American or students of other races/ethnicities, the meeting will explore possible causes for the higher rates and consider and determine steps to examine the cause for the disproportionality in discipline;
3. If the data shows a particular teacher refers students at a higher rate than other teachers, or refers African-American students at a higher rate than s/he refers other students, the principal will meet with that teacher to discuss the data, explore the reasons for the disproportionate referral, and examine potential solutions. If the information suggests that the teacher is failing to adhere to the District’s student discipline policies, practices, and procedures or is engaging in discrimination, the District will take appropriate corrective action. Reporting Requirements: By January 31, 2017, and, August 31, 2017, and by the same dates annually thereafter, the District will provide documentation to OCR of the meetings held pursuant to this item, and of steps taken, if any, as a result of information shared at the meetings.
