Embedded Files
Behavior and Discipline
Behavior and Discipline
Students with disabilities are protected by specific procedural safeguards when their behavior interrupts learning. Federal and state discipline rules draw a careful line: school staff retain the authority to address dangerous or disruptive behavior, but removals from the educational setting must follow the procedures required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Alabama Administrative Code, Chapter 290-8-9.
Students with disabilities are protected by specific procedural safeguards when their behavior interrupts learning. Federal and state discipline rules draw a careful line: school staff retain the authority to address dangerous or disruptive behavior, but removals from the educational setting must follow the procedures required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Alabama Administrative Code, Chapter 290-8-9.
The pages below move from proactive behavior planning through the discipline procedures that apply when removals occur. Each page provides a plain-language overview, the applicable legal citations, practical guidance, and common errors identified through monitoring. Where forms are referenced, the current version is available on the ALSDE Special Education Services (SES) forms page.
The pages below move from proactive behavior planning through the discipline procedures that apply when removals occur. Each page provides a plain-language overview, the applicable legal citations, practical guidance, and common errors identified through monitoring. Where forms are referenced, the current version is available on the ALSDE Special Education Services (SES) forms page.
Supporting Student Behavior: FBAs and Behavioral Intervention Plans
Supporting Student Behavior: FBAs and Behavioral Intervention Plans
How the IEP Team addresses behavior proactively: the behavior special factor, functional behavioral assessments, and developing a behavioral intervention plan that travels with the student.
How the IEP Team addresses behavior proactively: the behavior special factor, functional behavioral assessments, and developing a behavioral intervention plan that travels with the student.
Discipline Basics: Removals and the 10-Day Rule
Discipline Basics: Removals and the 10-Day Rule
What school personnel may do for any violation of the code of conduct, when cumulative removal days trigger IDEA protections, and how a pattern of removals is determined.
What school personnel may do for any violation of the code of conduct, when cumulative removal days trigger IDEA protections, and how a pattern of removals is determined.
Manifestation Determination Review
Manifestation Determination Review
The required review within ten school days of a decision to change placement: who participates, the two questions the team must answer, and what happens based on each answer.
The required review within ten school days of a decision to change placement: who participates, the two questions the team must answer, and what happens based on each answer.
Special Circumstances: 45-Day Interim Alternative Educational Settings
Special Circumstances: 45-Day Interim Alternative Educational Settings
Removals to an interim alternative educational setting for weapons, illegal drugs, or serious bodily injury, and the hearing officer option for dangerous students.
Removals to an interim alternative educational setting for weapons, illegal drugs, or serious bodily injury, and the hearing officer option for dangerous students.
Protections, Appeals, and Students Not Yet Eligible
Protections, Appeals, and Students Not Yet Eligible
The discipline protections that apply while a student is being evaluated, how parents challenge removal decisions through expedited due process, and the protections that continue on the eleventh cumulative day of removal.
The discipline protections that apply while a student is being evaluated, how parents challenge removal decisions through expedited due process, and the protections that continue on the eleventh cumulative day of removal.
Alabama State Department of Education — Special Education Services (SES)
Alabama State Department of Education — Special Education Services (SES)
Materials are provided for technical assistance purposes and do not constitute legal advice.
Materials are provided for technical assistance purposes and do not constitute legal advice.
Report abuse