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Data Entry on Assertive Discipline Form
Modified on: Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 10:52 AM
To enter a discipline record from the Assertive Discipline form, select the specific student and click the mouse on the Add New Discipline Record button.
The Safe Schools Act or SSA Date field will display in the upper left corner. This field should be filled with the date of a student’s most recent infraction of the Safe
Schools Act. This date will be auto populated when selecting a code that is tagged in the Update Suspendable Offense Codes (SOC) in the Update SSA Date
field.
According to California Ed Code 49079, a student’s teachers must be notified for a period of three years from the last infraction that the student violated the SSA. If
the SSA Date field contains a date an asterisk (*) will be printed next to the student’s name on teacher rosters. Both Discipline forms have a Red Flag button that
will display in red on the Student Data form. Schools should discuss and agree upon protocols for use of the Red Flag buttons.
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To add a discipline record, click the mouse on the Add New Discipline Record button. Complete the General tab. Select a Violation from the dropdown and the
other information if applicable. Click the mouse on the Save button when complete.
If a Suspendable code is selected the following message will display after Save to prompt the user to continue with the process.
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If Violation codes have been entered and are not in the correct Severity Level based on the Update Suspendable Offense Codes (SOC) records, the following
message will display.
The Re-Order Codes option will sort the codes based on the Severity Level. The Leave Them As-Is option will not change the order and leave them as they
were entered.
To enter Administrative Decisions (Dispositions), click the mouse on the Add New Administrative Action link on the bottom of the form.
The following page will display. Select a disposition from the dropdown. Use the tab key to move through the fields. Click the mouse on the Save button when the
page is completed.
Multiple dispositions can be added to the Assertive Discipline record with unique information, including Start and End Dates, Action Authority, etc. Click the mouse
on the Add New Administrative Action link again to enter multiple dispositions. Click on the disposition to display the information for the individual DSP record.
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The Additional Info and Expulsion tabs allow you to enter more details about the incident.
Suspension Letter Editor (Suspension1)
Click the mouse on the Letter button to print a letter. The following message will display.
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Click the mouse on the OK button to display the Suspension/Expulsion letters. Click the mouse on Cancel to display the Discipline letters. Below is the
Suspension Letter page.
Selecting the Footer button from the Suspension Letter form will display the Footer Text Change Form and the footer can be updated as well as the Signature
Line Text.
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NOTE: There are legal ramifications to the content and wording on the suspension and
discipline letters, including the “Footer.” School personnel should consider
consulting with district legal counsel on the appropriate content and wording of
all letters related to student discipline.
Suspension Letter to Parent
When the Print button is selected the following options will display to format your letter.
Click the mouse on the OK button and the Suspension Letter will be generated.
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NOTE: This letter may be modified to provide Suspension Pending Expulsion or
recommendations to Involuntary Transfer Committee
Student Assertive Discipline Record
The Print button on the Assertive Discipline form will display the following selection form with a large number of options available. All Violations and
Suspension codes will display but specific codes can be selected by clicking on the code to change them to Yes or No.
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The bottom right corner will display the following formatting options:
Hide Demerits – will not print the number of Demerits for the discipline records and will not print a Total Demerits
Show Most Recent Offenses First – will display the discipline records in descending date order
Show Blank School as District – if the School of Incident is blank the District name will be printed
Print Comments – will print comments if they exist in the discipline record
Print Additional Info – will print information from the Additional Info tab if they exist in the discipline record
Print Expulsion Info – will print information from the Expulsion Info tab if they exist in the discipline record
Limit by Dates – will allow you to select a specific date range for discipline records
Include Students with no ADS – will print all students regardless if they have an Assertive Discipline Record
Gray Section Headings – will allow you to change the color of the field name headings
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Print Student Legal Name – will print student legal name if populated
The following is an example of the printout for the student selected.
Special Education Students
A message will display on the Assertive Discipline page if a student is Special Ed. The message is based on the following:
If the Primary Disability (CSE.DI) field is populated for the student
If the student is a current Special Ed student based on the Entry Date (CSE.ED)
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A new field has been added to the Assertive Discipline page on the General tab. This field will only be visible if the user has READ permission to CSE/Special Ed
and the student is a current Special Ed student. The fields will be hidden if the user does not have READ to CSE or the student is not Special Ed. The Student is
Special Ed (CSE.SSE) field has been removed from the form. This field was informational only and is no longer needed.
In Aeries Web Version, if the user does not have READ to Special Ed, a warning will display stating that the Special Ed Status is unknown when adding a new ADS
record. This warning will only be visible when trying to add a record. In read mode, no messages will display.
Note : It is important that the user entering or updating Assertive Discipline records also have READ permission to CSE/Special Ed.
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