Serious or persistent misbehavior definition
Serious or persistent misbehavior is defined as: • Placement in the District’s Discipline Alternative Education Program (DAEP), or • Expulsion from the District, or • Assignment to In-School Suspension more than two times/days, or • Assignment to Out-of-School suspension more than two times/days. Transfer students are required to maintain satisfactory progress in all courses taken.1 Satisfactory progress is defined as: • Maintaining a passing average of seventy (70) percent for each report card grading period, and • Passing scores in all sections of the student’s annual state assessment, such as the TAKS/STAAR test. Failure to maintain satisfactory progress will result in the student being denied transfer status and asked to withdraw from the District for violating the Non-Resident Transfer Student Agreement. Parent/guardian must support established policies, administrative rules, regulations, and guidelines governing Commerce ISD. Student and parent/guardian must attend required and requested parent conferences. Failure to attend the required parent conferences without documented justifiable reason may result in the student being denied transfer status and asked to withdraw from the District for violating the Non-Resident Transfer Student Agreement. Commerce ISD will not be responsible for transportation of a transfer student to and from school. Students and parent/guardian are responsible for the transportation of the student to and from school.
Serious or persistent misbehavior means two or more violations of the District's Student Code of Conduct in general, or repeated occurrences of the same violation. “Serious” offenses include, but are not limited to: assault of a teacher or other individual; retaliation against a school employee or volunteer; the use, gift, sale, delivery, possession, or being under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, other controlled substances, dangerous drugs or abusable glue or volatile chemicals; engaging in conduct that constitutes criminal mischief; vandalism; robbery or theft; extortion, coercion or blackmail; aggressive, disruptive action or group demonstration that substantially disrupts or materially interferes with school activities; hazing; profanity, vulgar language, or obscene gestures directed toward teachers or other school employees; fighting; public lewdness; sexual harassment of a student or District employee; falsification of records, passes, or other school-related documents; terroristic threat or false report pursuant to Texas Education Code Sec. 37.007(b)(1); and possession or distribution of pornographic materials. A student may be subject to "discretionary expulsion” for serious and persistent misbehavior only if the student is already in a school district alternative education program, and engages in, or continues to engage in "serious and persistent misbehavior.”
Serious or persistent misbehavior means two or more violations of the District's Student Code of Conduct in general, or repeated occurrences of the same violation. “Serious” offenses include, but are not limited to: assault of a teacher or other individual; retaliation against a school employee or volunteer; the use, gift, sale, delivery, possession, or being under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, other controlled substances, dangerous drugs or abusable glue or volatile chemicals; engaging in conduct that constitutes criminal mischief; vandalism; robbery or theft; extortion, coercion or blackmail; aggressive, disruptive action or group demonstration that substantially disrupts or materially interferes with school activities; hazing; profanity, vulgar language, or obscene gestures directed toward teachers or other school employees; fighting; public lewdness; sexual harassment of a student or District employee; falsification of records, passes, or other school-related documents; terroristic threat or false report pursuant to Texas Education Code Sec. 37.007(b)(1); and possession or distribution of pornographic materials. A student may be subject to "discretionary” expulsion for serious and persistent misbehavior only if the student is already in a school district alternative education program, and engages in, or continues to engage in "serious and persistent misbehavior.”