PDF Tennessee Additional Resources Related to School Discipline

Tennessee Additional Resources

Related to School Discipline

Excerpted from Tennessee Compilation of School Discipline Laws and Regulations

Prepared: April 3, 2019

State-Sponsored, Publicly Available Websites or Other Resources on School Discipline

Safe, supportive learning environments use disciplinary policies and practices that help students stay out of the justice system, while ensuring academic engagement and success for all students. The following resources provided by Tennessee provide additional context to state policy and regulations and, in some cases, may support the readers' efforts to provide a positive disciplinary school climate.

Title

Description

Website

Tennessee Department of Education, Creating Safe and Healthy Learning Environments

Provides links and key terms to subtopics such as school safety, school climate, bullying, and harassment.

Tennessee Department of Education, School Safety

Provides an overview on school safety and links to related topics including bullying and harassment, school resource officers, school discipline institute presentations, and other resources.

Tennessee Department of Provides information for parents,

Education, Bullying &

students and school regarding how to

Harassment

respond to bullying.

Tennessee Department of Education, School Resource Officers (SROs) Programs

Provides an overview on school resource officers and links recommended employment standards for SROs and sample MOUs.

Tennessee Department of Provides resources and information

Education, RTI2

about the Response to Instruction and

Intervention Framework.

Tennessee Department of Education, Student Supports in Tennessee

Provides a framework for seeing how all the practices, programs, and interventions fit together to meet student needs.

Documents

Sample Bullying and Harassment Policy, Tennessee Department of Education

Sample policy addressing bullying and harassment in schools.

Website address (if applicable)

th-and-safety.html

th-and-safety/school-safety.html

th-and-safety/bullying-andharassment.html th-and-safety/schoolsafety/school-resource-officerprograms.html uction/tdoe-rti2.html

ent-support/student-supports-intn.html

/education/safety/bully_harass_sa mple_policy.pdf

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Title

Description

Website address (if applicable)

Bullying and Harassment: An Educator's Guide for Addressing Bullying and Harassment Complaints in Tennessee (October 2012), Tennessee Department of Education

Manual for LEAs on bullying and harassment.

/education/safety/bully_harass_e ducator_guide_complaints.pdf

Sample Memorandum of Understanding, Tennessee Department of Education

Sample MOU for school resource officer program in Tennessee schools.

/education/safety/safe_sch/safe_s ch_sro_sample_mou.docx

Other Resources

Student Discipline Institute Presentations 2017, Tennessee Department of Education

Presentations on the following topics:

? Student Discipline and the Law ? Due Process and Student

Disciplinary Hearings ? Student Searches by School

Officials and School Resource Officers ? Legal Obligations to Address Bullying ? Disciplining Students with Disabilities ? Decreasing the School to Prison Pipeline

? Best Practices Panel Alternatives

to Suspensions and Expulsions

/education/safety/student_discipli ne_institute.zip

Incorporating Social and Personal Competencies, Tennessee Department of Education

Online learning modules that introduce the concept of social and personal competencies and teaching practices that support the academic, social, and emotional skills development of all students.

th-and-safety/schoolclimate/social-and-personalcompetencies.html

State Report Card, Tennessee Department of Education

State report card provides data by school year on student characteristics, college/career readiness, accountability, education climate, and teachers/staff. Data on disciplinary actions is disaggregated by race and gender.

/report-card.html

2018 Legislative Report (2018), Tennessee Department of Education

Report on Public Chapters and Resolutions Affecting K-12 Education in Tennessee.

/education/legal/legal_legislative_ report_2018.pdf

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Title

Bullying and Harassment Compliance Report (Updated December 2018), Tennessee Department of Education

Description

Document states the total number of bullying cases reported statewide (2016-17). Bullying has no place in Tennessee schools and TDOE is dedicated to responsibly and effectively addressing bullying and harassment in Tennessee public schools.

Website address (if applicable)

/education/legal/bullying_complia nce_rpt_2017-18.pdf

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