An EBD student was causing problems and the principal wanted to do a central office expulsion

meeting. The teacher was asked to falsify records to make the expulsion easier. The teacher chose not
to. A student with a disability cannot be expelled for a behavior that is part of their disability and its
stated in their behavior plan. The principal wanted the teacher to nit-pick everything and potentially
cause more behavior problems with the student. The teacher decided to report actual events and didnt
make things bigger than they were and didnt provoke the student in any way. His IEP stated that he
was supposed to be in the special education room at all times and transition into the regular education
room at for an hour a day. The principal put this student into the regular education room full time
despite his IEP.
Facts
1) An EBD student causing problems
2) Principal wanted to expel student
3) Principal asked teacher to nit-pick everything the student did and possibly provoke additional bad
behavior
4) Principal ask teacher to falsify records
5) The teacher choose not to falsify records but continued to report actual altercations
6) A student with a disability cannot be expelled for behaviors outlined in their behavior plan
7) This students IEP stated that he was supposed to be in the special education room for 7 hours a day and
only in the regular education room for 1 hour a day
8) Principal put the student in the regular education room for full days against his IEP
Ethical Questions
1) Should the teacher falsify records in order to assist the principal in expelling the EBD student?
Arguments
Yes
1) The EBD student is disrupting class. Causing problems in the school.
2) This student obviously needs a more restrictive environment where he can have one on one attention.
3) The principal is your boss and if she/he wants you to do something, you do it.
4) If you refuse to do what the principal wants you do they could make things harder for you at school
5) Having this student expelled would be easier for the classroom teacher if he was gone
No
1) The behaviors this EBD student is displaying are behaviors outlined in his behavior plan therefore he
cannot be expelled for them
2) Teaching young people requires some level of trust. You are there for the students, to help them learn. If
student is expelled, what are his chances? Where would he go?
3) The student was not supposed to be in the regular education room in the first place. If he is able to cope
in the special education room, then thats were he should be.
4) A lawsuit could be brought against he school for not following his IEP and behavior plan.
Decision
Non-consequentialist says the law is the law. This EBD student was not acting out of character.
Everything that he was doing, despite the fact that it was causing problems, was already outlined in his
Behavior Plan. Therefore, by law, he cannot be expelled from school based on these behaviors. What is
unethical about this situation is the principal wanting the teacher to provoke the student and falsify records so
she could expel him from school. If his IEP and Behavior Plan were being followed properly, maybe he would
not have been such a behavior problem in the first place. On the other hand, consequentialist would want to
expel him so everyone else in the school could go on in peace. It would be the best decision for the most people.
I have to side with the non-consequentialist on this issue because this student has the right to an education under

IDEA. All the paperwork was in order, but was not being followed. I would continue to report incidents as usual
but never provoke a student to misbehave even more! Not only because I feel it would be wrong, but I would
not want to put myself or any other student in the school in danger.