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Referral Form Definitions
| Bullying | MINOR | Always a MAJOR offense |
| MAJOR | An unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. | |
| Harassment/Threat | MINOR | Always a MAJOR offense |
| MAJOR | The creation of a hostile environment by conduct or verbal threats, intimidation, or abuse that has or would have the following effect: reasonably and substantially interfering with a student’s educational performance, opportunities, or benefits; OR would reasonably be expected to cause a student to fear for his or her physical safety. | |
| *Disrespectful messages include negative comments based on race, religion, gender, disability, physical characteristics, ethnicity, sex, or other personal matters. | ||
| Defiance/ Insubordination/ Non-compliance | MINOR | Student engages in brief or low-intensity failure to follow directions/rules |
| MAJOR | Student engages in refusal/sustained failure to follow directions/rules | |
| Disrespect | MINOR | Student delivers low-intensity, socially rude or dismissive messages to adults or students |
| MAJOR | Student delivers sustained socially rude or dismissive messages to adults or students | |
| Disruption | MINOR | Student engages in low-intensity, but inappropriate, disruption |
| MAJOR | Student engages in sustained or high-intensity disruption. Behavior causing an interruption in a class activity. Disruption includes sustained loud talk, yelling, or screaming; noise with materials; and/or sustained out-of-seat behavior. | |
| Inappropriate Language | MINOR | Student delivers low-intensity verbal messages/gestures that include self-swearing, name-calling, or use of words in an inappropriate way |
| MAJOR | Student delivers abusive, profane verbal messages/gestures that include swearing, name-calling, or use of words in an inappropriate way and directed at others | |
| Physical Contact | MINOR | Student engages in non-serious, but inappropriate physical contact. Student(s) touches another student OR gets in another student’s space without permission and in such a manner that makes the other student uncomfortable |
| / Aggression | MAJOR | Student engages in actions involving serious physical contact where injury may occur, such as hitting, punching, hitting with an object, throwing, kicking, hair pulling |
| Skip Class | MINOR | Always a MAJOR offense |
| MAJOR | Student leaves, hides from, or misses class without permission. | |
| Teacher/staff made effort to verify with PowerSchool and nurse. | ||
| Truancy | MINOR | Always a MAJOR offense |
| MAJOR | Student receives an “unexcused absence” for partial or full day | |
| Technology Violation | MINOR | Teacher staff managed behavior. No data collected |
| MAJOR | Student engages in serious and inappropriate use of cell phone, computer, or other technology equipment. Violation of Acceptable Use Policy | |
| Theft | MINOR | Always a MAJOR offence |
| MAJOR | Student is involved by being in possession of, having passed on, or being responsible for removing someone else’s property |