Behavioral Interventions
Behavioral interventions shall be used with students with disabilities to promote and strengthen desirable behaviors and reduce identified inappropriate behaviors.   Procedures will be developed in accordance with state law (105 ILCS 5/14-8.05) and with the advice of parents with students with disabilities and other parents, teachers, administrators, advocates for persons with disabilities, and interventions for persons with disabilities.

Discipline of Students with Disabilities
The District shall comply with the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act of 2004 and the Illinois State Board of Education’s Special Education rules when disciplining special education students.  No student with disabilities shall be expelled if the student’s particular act of gross disobedience or misconduct is a manifestation of his or her disability.

 LEGAL REF.: Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, 20 U.S.C.
§§1412, 1413, and 1415.
Gun-Free Schools Act, 20 U.S.C. § 3351 et seq.
34 C.F.R. §§ 300.100, 300.530, 300. 536.105 ILCS 5/10-22.6 and 5/14-8.05.
23 Ill. Admin. Code §, 226.400
Honig v. Doe, 108 S.Ct. 592 (1988).
CROSS REF.:         2:150 (Committees), 6:120 (Education of Children with Disabilities), 7:130 (Student Rights and Responsibilities), 7:190 (Student Behavior), 7:200 (Suspension Procedures), 7:210 (Expulsion Procedures), 7:220 (Bus Conduct)

Reviewed: December 19, 2005; November 14, 2011, June 13, 2016
Adopted: February 27, 2006
Revisions: January 04, 2010, November 28, 2011, June 27, 2016