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Lieberman, Abbie; Loewenberg, Aaron – New America, 2022
While research shows that exclusionary discipline practices in the early years are ineffective and developmentally inappropriate, young children continue to be suspended and expelled at high rates. An increasing number of states have taken steps to ensure that young children are not removed from programs due to their behavior. This report explores…
Descriptors: Expulsion, Suspension, Early Childhood Education, Discipline Policy
Brown, Wade R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The postsecondary acts of violence at Virginia Technical University (VT) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) forced Illinois legislators to approve the "Campus Security Enhancement Act" in 2008 (110 ILCS 12/20). The "Act" requires all private and public postsecondary education institutions to develop a Campus Violence…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Violence, Colleges, Educational Legislation
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Moreno, Gerardo; Scaletta, Michael – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2018
In August 2016, Illinois Senate Bill 100 (SB 100) restricted the use of zero tolerance disciplinary practices within public schools when addressing student behavior. In efforts to make school discipline less exclusionary and more effective, SB 100 mandated educators exhaust all means of interventions prior to suspending or expelling a student.…
Descriptors: Zero Tolerance Policy, Suspension, Behavior Problems, Referral
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Fitzgerald, Terence D. – Urban Education, 2009
Public schools have historically embedded mechanisms for control within their policies and procedures through a variety of means. This article investigates a moderately sized integrated public school system in an upscale to low socioeconomic Big Ten university community in Illinois. Through descriptive measures, the author examines the racial…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Social Control, Disabilities, Social Structure
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Chitiyo, Morgan; Wheeler, John J. – Remedial and Special Education, 2009
The 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act made major changes to the education of children with disabilities who exhibit challenging behavior. The law emphasized the use of positive behavior supports (PBS) and functional behavioral assessments (FBA) as a strategy to address challenging behavior. Since…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1996
This document is designed to provide guidance to Illinois school administrators on positive behavioral interventions with students with disabilities. It begins with a description of the Illinois statute addressing behavioral interventions and then provides information on district policy guidelines on establishing and maintaining a committee to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Disabilities