Senate Bill 85 aims to improve school discipline policies and practices in Delaware through restorative practices, trauma informed care, implicit bias awareness, cultural competency training, and classroom management. It also calls for developing public reports on out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, alternative school assignments, and in-school suspensions, separated by race, ethnicity, gender, grade level, limited English proficiency, disability, incident type, and discipline duration. An improvement plan will be developed with input from students, parents, educators, administrators, and community stakeholders to repair harm, encourage accountability, promote fairness and equity, increase transparency, and improve school climate and student outcomes.
Senate Bill 85 aims to improve school discipline policies and practices in Delaware through restorative practices, trauma informed care, implicit bias awareness, cultural competency training, and classroom management. It also calls for developing public reports on out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, alternative school assignments, and in-school suspensions, separated by race, ethnicity, gender, grade level, limited English proficiency, disability, incident type, and discipline duration. An improvement plan will be developed with input from students, parents, educators, administrators, and community stakeholders to repair harm, encourage accountability, promote fairness and equity, increase transparency, and improve school climate and student outcomes.
Senate Bill 85 aims to improve school discipline policies and practices in Delaware through restorative practices, trauma informed care, implicit bias awareness, cultural competency training, and classroom management. It also calls for developing public reports on out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, alternative school assignments, and in-school suspensions, separated by race, ethnicity, gender, grade level, limited English proficiency, disability, incident type, and discipline duration. An improvement plan will be developed with input from students, parents, educators, administrators, and community stakeholders to repair harm, encourage accountability, promote fairness and equity, increase transparency, and improve school climate and student outcomes.
Improving school discipline policies and practices through: ● Restorative practices ● Trauma informed care ● Implicit bias awareness ● Cultural competency ● Classroom management Developing public student discipline reports on: ● Out-of-school suspensions ● Expulsions ● Alternative school assignments ● In-school suspensions ● All separated by race, ethnicity, gender, grade level, limited English proficiency, disability, incident type, and discipline duration
Repairing harm done to relationships and people Developing solutions by engaging all persons affected by school discipline policies and practices in Delaware Encouraging accountability Promoting greater fairness and equity in discipline Increasing transparency Improving overall school climate Improving student outcomes
The improvement plan will be developed with input from students, parents, educators, administrators, and community stakeholders.
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