Manual addresses Advisory School Councils (ASC), which require half of its members to represent families and the community, and which supports the principal with school-based decision making, including discipline policies and positive behavioral interventions and supports.

A.  Local school boards shall establish student discipline policies and shall file them with the department. The local school board shall involve parents, school personnel and students in the development of these policies, and public hearings shall be held during the formulation of these policies in the high school attendance areas within each school district or on a district-wide basis for those school districts that have no high school.