Glenbard Township High School District 87
Policy 5:230-R1
General Personnel
Administrative Procedure – Maintaining Student Discipline
A. Should a student violate these norms of behavior, certified staff members may take disciplinary
action to attempt to modify the student’s behavior. In taking disciplinary action, staff members
shall exercise their best professional judgment and shall observe all applicable laws and
regulations. Disciplinary action shall be applied in a consistent and non-discriminatory manner.
Corporal punishment shall not be utilized as a disciplinary measure.
B. Staff members may use, but are not limited to, the following disciplinary actions:
1. Behavior Report
2. Telephone Contact
3. Parent Conference
4. Detention
5. Academic Suspension/Activity Suspension
6. Suspension from School
7. Expulsion
Academic suspension is a disciplinary action by which teachers may temporarily remove a
student from class for disruptive behavior generally only after first using less severe disciplinary
measures to correct the behavior problem. The length of the removal from class shall be
determined by the Building Principal or Designee in consultation with the teacher.
C. Due process procedures shall be observed whenever serious disciplinary action is directed by
either a teacher or a school administrator toward a student. Serious disciplinary actions include,
but are not limited to, academic suspension, suspension from school, and expulsion. Due process
generally requires, before final disciplinary action is taken, that:
1. The student be advised of the misconduct with which he or she is charged and of the
proposed disciplinary action;
2. The student be offered an opportunity to admit or deny the charges;
3. The basis of the charges be explained to the student if the student denies the charges;
4. A further opportunity be offered to the student to respond to the charges and the proposed
disciplinary penalty; and
5. The final decision be communicated in writing to the student, and in appropriate cases, to the
parent(s)/guardian(s).
DATED: March, 1999
REVIEWED: November 21, 2005
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