The Cobb County School District (District) believes students should be educated in an environment conducive to learning. Parents/guardians are responsible for the behavior of their children and will be notified and expected to participate in the correction of misbehavior when their children are identified as chronic disciplinary problems.

RULE:

A. DEFINITION:
A chronic disciplinary problem student is a student who exhibits a pattern of behavioral characteristics which interfere with the learning process of students around him or her and which are likely to recur.

B. PROCEDURES:
    1. Parental Notification:
        a. If a teacher or a principal identifies a student as a chronic disciplinary problem
            student, the principal shall notify the student’s parent or guardian of the
            disciplinary problem by a telephone call and by either certified mail, return receipt
            requested, or first-class mail.
        b. The principal or designee shall:
            (1) Invite the parent/guardian to observe the student in a classroom situation; and
            (2) Require at least one parent/guardian to attend a conference with the principal
                 or designee and teacher to devise a disciplinary and behavioral corrective plan.
            (3) Provide the parent/guardian with contact information for the
                 Prevention/Intervention Center.
    2. Suspension/Expulsion:
        a. If a chronic disciplinary problem student is suspended or expelled, the principal
            shall request at least one parent/guardian attend a conference with the principal
            or designee to develop a disciplinary and behavioral plan prior to the student’s
            return to school. The request must be made by:
            (1) Telephone; and
            (2) Either certified mail, return receipt requested, or first class mail.
        b. A notation of the conference shall be placed in the student’s permanent file. Failure
            of the parent/guardian to attend the conference shall not prevent the student’s
            return to school.
        c. If the parent/guardian willfully and unreasonably fails to attend the conference
            required in the preceding paragraphs, the principal may notify Policy and Planning
            which shall, through the Board of Education attorney, petition the Cobb County
            Juvenile Court to proceed against the parent/guardian. The Court may order the
            parent/guardian to attend the conference and/or order the parent/guardian to
            participate in programs or treatment as the Court deems appropriate to improve
            the student’s behavior.

Adopted 7/27/00
Reclassified an Administrative Rule: 9/1/04
Revised: 8/10/05