Board Report December 2025

The Superintendent, Building Principal, Assistant Building Principal, or Dean of Students is authorized to impose the same disciplinary measures as teachers and may suspend students guilty of gross disobedience or misconduct from school (including all school functions) and from riding the school bus, up to 10 consecutive school days, provided the appropriate procedures are followed. 62 The Board may suspend a student from riding the bus in excess of 10 school days for safety reasons. 63 Student Handbook 64 The Superintendent, with input from the parent-teacher advisory committee, 65 shall prepare disciplinary rules implementing the District’s disciplinary policies. These disciplinary rules shall be presented annually to the Board for its review and approval. A student handbook, including the District disciplinary policies and rules, shall be distributed to the students’ parents/guardians within 15 days of the beginning of the school year or a student’s enrollment.

Incorporated

The footnotes are not intended to be part of the adopted policy; they should be removed before the policy is adopted. [A] teacher, other licensed employee, and any other person, whether or not a licensed employee, providing a related service for or with respect to a student may only use reasonable force as permitted under [105 ILCS 5/10-20.33], shall provide that a teacher may remove a student from the classroom for disruptive behavior, and shall include provisions which provide due process to students. The policy shall prohibit the use of corporal punishment, as defined in [105 ILCS 5/22-100], in all circumstances. 105 ILCS 5/24-24, amended by P.A. 103-806. 62 Required by 105 ILCS 5/10-22.6(b). 63 Id. 64 105 ILCS 5/10-20.14(a), amended by P.A. 104-391, requires schools to provide a copy of the student discipline policy to parents/guardians within 15 days after the beginning of the school year, or within 15 days after a transfer student starts classes, but it does not specify how to provide copies. For ease of administration, this policy specifies that copies will be provided via student handbooks. 65 The board must establish and maintain a parent-teacher advisory committee to develop guidelines on student discipline. See sample policy 2:150, Committees. This policy’s dissemination requirements are from 105 ILCS 5/10 -20.14. A comprehensive student handbook can provide notice of the school’s conduct rules, extracurricular and athletic participation requirements, and other important information. The handbook can be developed by the building principal, but should be reviewed and approved by the superintendent and board. The Illinois Principals Association maintains a handbook service that coordinates with PRESS material, Online Model Student Handbook (MSH) , at: www.ilprincipals.org/msh/. DRAFT

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