5000 Students

5400 Student Discipline

5410 Student Conduct and Discipline

5411.1 Disciplinary Removal From Classroom


Staff, including administrators and teachers, must use their training, experience and authority to create schools and classes where effective learning is possible. Students should be able to attend school and classes as free as reasonably possible from unnecessary and unwarranted distraction and disruption. Such behavior interferes with the classroom environment and will not be tolerated.

A student who engages in classroom conduct or behavior prohibited by the code of conduct may be removed from class by a teacher and placed temporarily in an alternative setting in accordance with procedures established at each of the district’s school buildings by the principal of the building.

For purposes of this policy and procedure, a “class” includes regular classes, special classes, resource room sessions, labs, study halls, library time, school assemblies, and other such learning opportunities taught or supervised by a teacher. “Teacher” means a person holding a license issued by the state who is employed to instruct, direct or supervise the instructional program.

Procedures for informal removal from class will be established at each building. An informal removal from class occurs when a student breaks one or several classroom rules in a class period or during the school day.

Formal Removal from Class

A teacher may formally remove a student from class for the following conduct or behavior:

1. Conduct that is prohibited in the student code of conduct.


Procedures to be followed for formally removing a student from class will be established at each school building. Within 24 hours of the student’s removal from class, the teacher shall submit to the building principal or designee a short and concise written explanation of the basis for the student’s removal from class.

Notice to Parent/Guardian

As soon as practicable, the building principal or designee shall notify the student’s parent/guardian, in writing, that the student was removed from class. The written notice shall specify the class from which the student was removed, the duration of the removal, and the basis for the removal as stated by the teacher. The notice shall provide an opportunity for the parent/guardian to attend a student-teacher conference regarding the removal. If the student’s removal from class is also subject to disciplinary action (i.e., suspension or expulsion) for the particular classroom misconduct, the student’s parent/guardian shall also be notified of the disciplinary action in accordance with legal and policy requirements.
Placement procedures will be established at each school building.

Behavior Plan

The principal or designee and teacher shall consider whether a behavior plan should be developed for the student upon the student's first removal from class. The behavior plan will be similar, if not the same, as a remedial discipline plan developed for disruptive students in accordance with Policy 5411.1. A behavior plan shall be developed after the teacher formally removes a student from class for the second time.

Removal for Remainder of Term

Upon the third formal removal from class, a student shall be officially removed from the teacher’s class for the remainder of the term. The principal shall be responsible for determining the appropriate placement of the student, which may or may not be another section of the same class, depending on a variety of circumstances. The principal’s decision regarding placement is final.

Once a student is officially removed from class, a loss of credit may occur if the principal determines that it would be too disruptive to enroll the student in another class after the start of the term.

Review by Principal

The principal is required to collect data pertaining to the number of students who are removed from class during the year. This information will be reported to the public on the safety section of the school report card. While there are a variety of factors to consider when analyzing this data, an unusually high number of formal documented student removals from any one teacher may be cause for concern. The principal shall review this data with teachers at least annually.

A student may be removed from a classroom by a teacher only in accordance with the requirements of this policy and the applicable provisions of state and federal law. All teacher actions under this policy shall be subject to evaluation and supervision by the teacher’s supervisor as provided in school district policies and procedures, including the evaluation policy.













Adopted: 10/24/00

Moffat County School District RE-1 Regulation 5411.1