Educational policy makers and administrators must choose from a bewildering variety of discipline models and techniques. Legal intervention and contradictory research findings further complicate the matter. There is, therefore, no cut-and-dried solution to student behavior problems. Rather, discipline policies must be based on community values, and on administrators' best judgment of students' welfare. Policy recommendations emerging from the literature include (1) the need for accurate data on student behavior prior to setting policy; (2) involvement in policy making by all groups affected by it (i.e. students, teachers, parents, and community members); (3) clear definition of undesirable student behavior; (4) flexibility, to allow for different situations; (5) clear communication via a readable and well-designed student handbook; and (6) consistent enforcement. (TE)