Category
Equitable Discipline Practices
Category
Equitable Discipline Practices
State law requires districts to monitor disproportionality in discipline practices within general education populations.
Mississippi Administrative Code 7-3-30.4 Truancy Rate Definition, Calculation and Rate
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Requirements e. The MDE shall calculate the truancy, habitual truancy, suspension, and expulsion rates once per year. The MDE shall report disaggregated data at both the state and district levels. The following calculations shall be used in determining truancy, suspension and expulsion rates:
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i. The Truancy Rate shall be calculated using the following formula:
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Numerator: Number of students with five or more unlawful absences (truant)
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Denominator: Count of Student Membership - Cumulative Enrollment
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Multiplied by 100 to create a percentage value
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ii. The Habitual Truancy Rate shall be calculated using the following formula:
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Numerator: Number of students with twelve or more unlawful absences (habitual truant)
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Denominator: Count of Student Membership - Cumulative Enrollment
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Multiplied by 100 to create a percentage value
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iii. The Student Out-of-School Suspension Rate shall be calculated using the following formula:
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Numerator: Total number of student out-of-school suspensions in a school year
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Denominator: Count of Student Membership - Cumulative Enrollment
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Multiplied by 100 to create a percentage value
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iv. The Overall Out-of-School Suspension Rate shall be calculated using the following formula:
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Numerator: Total number of out-of-school suspension days in a school year
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Denominator: Count of Student Membership - Cumulative Enrollment
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Multiplied by 100 to create a percentage value
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v. The Expulsion Rate shall be calculated using the following formula:
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Numerator: Number of student expulsions in a school year
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Denominator: Count of Student Membership - Cumulative Enrollment
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Multiplied by 100 to create a percentage value MS Code§ 37-13-91 (1972).
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Mississippi Code 37-11-29. Reporting of unlawful activity or violent act on educational property or during school related activity; authority of law enforcement officers; reporting of disposition of charges against student; liability of school personnel participating in reporting.
The State Superintendent of Public Education shall gather annually all of the reports provided under this section and prepare a report on the number of students arrested as a result of any unlawful activity which occurred on educational property or during a school related activity. All data must be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, school, offense and law enforcement agency involved. However, the report prepared by the State Superintendent of Public Education shall not include the identity of any student who was arrested.