D.
E.
F.
G.
7. Withholding regularly scheduled meals or water; and/or
8. Denying a child access to toilet facilities
Parental Notification
The building administrator or designee shall make reason-
able efforts to notify the student’s parent or guardian of the
student’s removal from school grounds as soon as possible
following the removal.
Continued Removals; Review of IEP
Continued and repeated use of the removal process
described herein must be reviewed in the development of
the individual student’s IEP or IIIP.
Effect of Policy in an Emergency; Use of Restrictive
Procedures
A student with an IEP may be removed in accordance with
this policy regardless of whether the student’s conduct
would create an emergency.
If the school district seeks to remove a student with an IEP
from school grounds under this policy due to behaviors that
constitute an emergency and the student’s IEP, IIIP, or be-
havior intervention plan authorizes the use of one or more
restrictive procedures, the crisis team may employ those re-
strictive procedures, in addition to any reasonable force
that may be necessary, to facilitate the student’s removal
from school grounds, as long as the crisis team members
who are implementing the restrictive procedures have re-
ceived the training required by Minn. Stat § 125A.0942,
Subd. 5, and otherwise comply with the requirements of §
125A.0942.
Reporting to the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)
By June 30 of each year, the District shall report summary
data on the use of restrictive procedures to the MDE, in a
form and manner determined by the Minnesota Depart-
ment of Education. The summary data shall include infor-
mation about the use of restrictive procedures, including
the use of reasonable force by school personnel that is con-
sistent with the definition of physical holding or seclusion of
a child with a disability.
Staff Notification of Violent Behavior
by Students Policy, No. 529.0
POLICY
I. PURPOSE
In an effort to provide a safe school environment, the assigned
classroom teacher and certain staff members should know
whether a student to be placed in the classroom has a history of
violent behavior. Additionally, decisions should be made regarding
how to manage such a student.
This policy addresses staff notification of violent behavior by stu-
dents. The purpose of this policy is to address the circumstances
in which data should be provided to classroom teachers and
other school staff members about students with a history of
violent behavior and to establish a procedure for notifying staff
regarding the placement of students with a history of violent
behavior.
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II. GENERAL STATEMENT OF POLICY
A. Any staff member or other employee of the school district
who obtains or possesses information concerning a student
in the building with a history of violent behavior shall imme-
diately report said information to the principal of the build-
ing in which the student attends school.
B. The administration will meet with the assigned classroom
teacher and other appropriate staff members for the pur-
pose of notifying and determining how staff will manage
such student.
C. Only staff members who have a legitimate educational
interest in the information will receive notification.
III. The School Board authorizes administration to establish proce-
dures for compliance with this policy as well as procedures for
compliance with data privacy and notice requirements set forth in
the District’s Protection and Privacy of Pupil Records policy.
PROCEDURE
I. DEFINITIONS
A. Administration - “Administration” means the person or per-
sons responsible for performing the school district’s obliga-
tions under this Policy including but not limited to the
superintendent or his/her designee as well as school building
principals or other designee.
B. Classroom Teacher - “Classroom teacher” means the instruc-
tional personnel responsible for the course or room to which
a student is assigned at any given time, including a substi-
tute hired in place of the classroom teacher.
C. History of Violent Behavior
1. A student will be considered to have a history of violent
behavior if incident(s) of violence, including any docu-
mented physical assault of a school district employee by
the student, have occurred during the current or previous
school year.
2. If a student has an incident of violence during the
current or previous school year, that incident and all
other past related or similar incidents of violence will
be reported.
D. Incident(s) of Violence - “Incident(s) of violence” means will-
ful conduct in which a student endangers or causes physical
injury to the student, other students, a school district em-
ployee, or surrounding person(s) or endangers or causes sig-
nificant damage to school district property, regardless of
whether related to a disability or whether discipline was im-
posed. Incident(s) of violence do not include injury or dam-
age which is accidental or is the result of negligence. An
incident of violence includes a violent incident described in
notices received from either law enforcement or the juvenile
courts. Administration is responsible for determining
whether certain conduct meets the definition.
E. Legitimate Educational Interest - “Legitimate educational
interest” includes interest directly related to classroom
instruction, teaching, student achievement and progress,
discipline of a student, student health and welfare, and
the ability to respond to a request for educational data.
It includes a person’s need to know in order to:
1. Perform an administrative task required in the school or
the employee’s contract or position description approved
by the school board;
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