Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District

V. PROCEDURES FOR REQUIRED PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
1. One or more conferences during each school year will be required between a teacher and the parents of a
student if the student is not maintaining passing grades or achieving the expected level of performance or
presents some other problem to the teacher or in any other case the teacher considers necessary.
2. A teacher or other school employee shall attempt to conduct these conferences face-to-face, but where
impractical, may conduct them by telephone. If these methods fail, the conference may be by letter. The
district shall document its attempts to schedule and conduct required parental conferences.
3. Teachers or other school employees may request a conference with a student's parent(s) whenever the
teacher or employee perceives the need for parental cooperation in enforcing the Student Code of
Conduct.
VI. DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES - TEACHER REMOVAL OF A STUDENT FROM CLASS
A. REASONS FOR STUDENT REMOVAL
When the discipline management techniques employed by the teacher in Category I Consequences,
Student Code of Conduct, are ineffective, a teacher may remove a pupil from class in order to
maintain effective classroom discipline.
B. PROCEDURES FOR REMOVAL
A teacher may send a student to the principal's office to maintain effective discipline in the classroom.
The principal shall respond by employing appropriate discipline management techniques consistent
with the Student Code of Conduct adopted by Senate Bill 1.
1. A teacher may remove from class a student:
a. Who has been documented by the teacher to repeatedly interfere with the teacher's
ability to communicate effectively with the students in the class or with the ability of
the student's classmates to learn; or
b. Whose behavior the teacher determines is so unruly, disruptive, or abusive that it
seriously interferes with the teacher's ability to communicate effectively with the
students in the class or with the ability of the student's classmates to learn.
c. If the teacher removes a student from class under Subsection (b), the principal may
place the student into another appropriate classroom, into in-school suspension, or into
an alternative education program as provided by Section 37.008. The principal may not
return the student to that teacher's class without the teacher's consent unless the
committee established under Section 37.003 determines that such placement is the best
or only alternative available. The terms of the removal may prohibit the student from
attending or participating in school-sponsored or school-related activity.
d. A teacher shall remove from class and send to the principal for placement in an
alternative education program or for expulsion, as appropriate, a student who
engages in conduct described under Section 37.006 or 37.007 (those Category II and
III offenses marked by an asterisk). The student may not be returned to that teacher's
class without the teacher's consent unless the committee established under Section
37.003 determines that such placement is the best or only alternative available.
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Students with disabilities cannot be removed in violation of specific IEP provisions
for more than five (5) days without approval of the ARD Committee.