FILE: BBCA
DISCIPLINE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE
The Caddo Parish School Board shall establish a Discipline Policy Review committee composed of sixteen members as follows:
Five classroom teachers to be elected by their peers with at least one teacher each representing an elementary, middle, and high school.
One special education teacher to be elected by his/her peers.
Two school counselors to be elected by their peers.
Two principals to be elected by their peers, one representing an elementary or middle school and one representing a high school.
One school bus operator to be elected by his/her peers.
One child welfare and attendance supervisor to be elected by his/her peers.
One School Board member to be elected by his/her peers.
The Superintendent or his/her designee.
Two parents to be appointed by a method as provided by the rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The Discipline Policy Review committee shall review all School Board discipline policies and make recommendations to the School Board for appropriate revisions to such policies. The committee shall review the discipline policies annually. Following a public hearing on the recommendations of the discipline policy review committee, the policies shall delineate the specific consistent actions to be taken by teachers and other designated school employees to maintain order in the schools and on the school grounds. In addition, such policies shall contain specific consistent penalties which shall be imposed when students violate school discipline policies or state laws on school discipline. Copies of School Board discipline policies shall be distributed to each school every school year. The School Board shall provide each student and his parent, tutor, or legal guardian with a copy of the School Board 's current discipline policy. In addition, each school shall plan and conduct meetings necessary to fully inform all employees and students of all such policies within the first week of each school year. Meetings shall also be held throughout the school year as may be necessary to inform new employees and new students of such policies.
The administrators, teachers, and parents at each school shall meet during the school year and develop or review the discipline policy for their school and such policy shall be reviewed at least annually thereafter. In all cases, a school's discipline policy shall be in compliance with current state law and School Board policies.
Adopted: September 16, 2003
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:81, 17:416.8
Board minutes, 9-16-03
Caddo Parish School Board