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School systems set rules, and if students break these rules they are subject to discipline. These rules may, for example, define the expected standards of school uniforms, punctuality, social conduct, and work ethic. The term "discipline" is applied to the action that is the consequence of breaking the rules.
A zero-tolerance policy in schools is a policy of strict enforcement of school rules against behaviors or the possession of items deemed undesirable. In schools, common zero-tolerance policies concern physical altercations, as well as the possession or use of illicit drugs or weapons. Students, and sometimes staff, parents, and other visitors ...
Under the new rules, starting with data from the current school year, it would be considered an academic deficiency if a school district has fewer than 50% of all students testing at or above the ...
The Fourth Circuit held for a school district's discipline of a student who had created, after school one day, a MySpace page devoted to ridiculing a classmate which other students had joined and shared content on, since it had led to a complaint from the other student's parents that it violated the school's anti-bullying policies, and their ...
8 states passed laws to ban or restrict phone use in schools. The vast majority of students use their phones during school hours, according to a Common Sense Media study, with a median screen time ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the meal program, allows high-poverty school districts to provide free meals to all students without collecting applications from each student ...
In 1998, the Safe Schools Initiative was created, including the COPS in Schools program and the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. The Secure Our Schools program was launched in 2001 to update school security technology, and Project Sentry was launched in 2002 to limit juvenile access to firearms. The Every Student Succeeds Act ...
According to the Department of Education, over 166,000 students in public schools were physically punished during the 2011–2012 school year. [51] In the 2013–2014 academic year, this number was reduced to 109,000 students. [52] As of the 2011–2012 academic year, 19 states legally allowed school corporal punishment.