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 Utilization of school-wide Response to
Intervention (RTI) frameworks at all middle
schools and at targeted elementary and high
schools, including but not limited to, Positive
Behavioral Interventions and Supports,
Restorative Justice, Caring School Community,
and the African American Male Achievement
Manhood Development program.
 Development of a data system that will track
all types of office discipline referrals and out-ofschool removals that can be used to analyze and
track progress
 Data review at the conclusion of each school year
by OUSD Superintendent with principals of VRP
schools to examine steps that are being taken
to ensure fair and equitable implementation of
discipline polices. Click here to view the VRP
plan: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/
ocr/docs/investigations/09125001-b.pdf

SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
(SFUSD)
In February 2014, as a result of the work with
Coleman Advocates and Commissioner Matt Haney,
the SFUSD Board of Education adopted the Safe and
Supportive Schools Resolution. With this resolution,
the SFUSD Board committed to, among other things,
 Addressing disproportionality and disparities
in the issuance of office referrals, suspensions,
expulsion referrals, and expulsions, all of which
result in lost instructional time;
 Fully implementing Restorative Practices and
SWPBIS;
 Development of a three tiered behavior
discipline matrix;
 Development and oversight process that fully
engages students, parents, and community; and
 Releasing data detailing what alternatives are
currently being utilized and how restorative
practices support teams are functioning at
each school, along with school discipline data,
including suspensions, expulsions and referrals
disaggregated by school site, race, gender,
special education status, ELL status, and other
relevant factors.

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LE GRAND HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVE
RESOLUTION
On September 12, 2012, Le Grand Union High School
District Board of Education in East Merced passed a
Restorative Justice Initiative Resolution. In this
resolution, the Board announced its commitment
to “creating and supporting a culture shift in the
way the district systematically responds to students
discipline problems.”
The resolution is to be implemented at all
school sites; include professional development
of administrators, school site staff and parents; a
redesign of discipline structures and practices; and
promote alternatives to suspension.
Other states are also putting in place critical reforms
around discipline, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
Denver have Discipline Codes that were developed
with community input, have clear guidelines
regarding the types of interventions/other means
of correction that must be used prior to suspension,
and have been held up as models for helping to
significantly reduce school removals and improve
school safety.
Visit the ‘Research and Resources’ page at
FixSchoolDiscipline.org to download and read
these policies and access an editable, Model
Alternative Discipline Policy and Implementation
Plan, which incorporates the best elements from
policies and plans in California and nationwide. Use
this framework and the elements to help you create a
policy/plan for your district.