503.11-R(2) Disruptive Behavior - Removal Procedures for Nonviolent Behavior for Students with an IEP

Should a student with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) be removed from the classroom due to nonviolent disruptive behavior, an IEP team meeting will take place immediately subsequent to the removal of the student from the classroom. The meeting participants should additionally include the following individuals if practicable: 

  • Teacher who removed the student from the classroom;  
  • Any teacher who provides classroom instruction to the student;
  • Any other employee of the school district who was directly involved in the student’s conduct. 

If a teacher or district employee listed above cannot attend the IEP meeting, they must review the IEP team’s minutes or summary of the meeting and provide written confirmation to the team that they have done so. 

The IEP Team must discuss the following during the meeting: 

  • The appropriateness of the student’s current educational programming. 
  • Whether adjustments need to be made to the student’s IEP to address the student’s behaviors. 
  • The student’s current placement and whether an alternative learning environment would best provide the student with a free appropriate public education. 
  • The accommodations, modifications, and adaptations required to allow the student’s success in a general education setting; the supports needed by teachers and other school employees to provide the above-listed services; and whether the school district has the capacity to provide such supports and services. 
  •  Whether and to what extent the provision of special education services and activities in the general education environment will impact the student and the other students in the classroom. 

If a student is removed from the classroom five (5) or more times within a fifteen (15) consecutive school day period, then the students' IEP team will meet to discuss the student’s behavior. 

A teacher has the authority to request a meeting of the student’s IEP team at any time by submitting an electronic or written request to the building principal. The request may be denied, in writing, with a description of why applicable laws do not require the meeting of the student’s IEP team.