NJDOE Shares Insights on Improving Discipline Practices
September 21, 2023
The advisory offers suggestions for local educational agencies to consider adjusting discipline practices, as necessary, for the 2023-2024 school year.
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NJDOE, Office of the Attorney General Release Joint Guidance for Addressing Discrimination in School Discipline
September 05, 2023
The guidance reminds school and district officials that they have a duty to ensure full compliance with the Law Against Discrimination. The guidance also empowers students, parents and caregivers by explaining the legal protections the Law Against Discrimination provides for students.
It Didn’t Happen In School, But….Can We Discipline?
December 03, 2019
Court decisions provide insight on when it’s appropriate to discipline students and staff for off-campus behavior.
Policy Update: Spare the Rod
December 09, 2016
If we were typical middle-class Americans living in the late 1800s to the early 1900s, just after the Industrial Revolution, preventing the bullying of children…