Factors for Determining Consequences – School Considerations
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School culture, climate, and general staff management of the learning environment;
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Social, emotional, and behavioral supports;
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Student-staff relationships and staff behavior toward the student;
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Family, community, and neighborhood situation; and
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Alignment with Board policy and regulations/procedures.
Factors for Determining Remedial Measures - Personal
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Life skill deficiencies;
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Social relationships;
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Strengths;
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Talents;
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Interests;
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Hobbies;
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Extra-curricular activities;
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Classroom participation;
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Academic performance; and
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Relationship to students and the school district.
Environmental
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School culture;
School climate;
Student- staff relationships and staff behavior toward the student;
General staff management of classrooms or other educational environments;
Staff ability to prevent and manage difficult or inflammatory situations;
Social-emotional and behavioral supports;
Social relationships;
Community activities;
Neighborhood situation; and
Family situation.
Consequences for a student who commits one or more acts of harassment, intimidation, or bullying may range from positive
behavioral interventions up to and including suspension or expulsion of students, as set forth in the Board’s approved Code of
Student Conduct pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.1. Consequences for a student who commits an act of harassment, intimidation,
or bullying are those that are graded according to the severity of the offenses, consider the developmental age of the
student offenders and the students’ histories of inappropriate behaviors consistent with the Board’s approved Code of
Student Conduct and N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7, Student Conduct. The use of negative consequences should occur in conjunction with
remediation and not be relied upon as the sole intervention approach.
Remedial measures shall be designed to correct the problem behavior, prevent another occurrence of the problem, protect
and provide support for the victim of the act, and take corrective action for documented systemic problems related to
harassment, intimidation, or bullying. The consequences and remedial measures may include, but are not limited to the
examples listed below:
Examples of Consequences
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Admonishment;
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Temporary removal from the classroom;
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Deprivation of privileges;
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Classroom or administrative detention;
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Referral to disciplinarian;
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In-school suspension;
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Out-of-school suspension (short-term or long-term);
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Reports to law enforcement or other legal action; or
9.
Expulsion
Examples of Remedial Measures
Personal – Student Exhibiting Bullying Behavior
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Develop a behavioral contract with the student. Ensure the student has a voice in the outcome and can
identify ways he or she can solve the problem and change behaviors;
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