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each building are trained in crisis management restraint and seclusion available to the staff of the Ohio
and de-escalation techniques, including the
use of restraint and seclusion. District
employees who receive such additional
training must keep their training current in
accordance with the requirements of the
provider of the training.
C. The Superintendent shall develop a plan to
provide training to school personnel, as
defined in this Policy, so that Positive Behavior BULLYING AND OTHER FORMS OF
Intervention and Supports are implemented on
a District-wide basis.
The District shall maintain written or electronic
documentation on training provided and lists of
participants in each training.
Only individuals trained in accordance with this Policy
in the appropriate use of restraint and seclusion may
use those techniques.
MONITORING AND COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
The Superintendent shall develop a monitoring
procedure to ensure that this Policy is appropriately
implemented.
Any parent of a child enrolled in school in the District
may submit a written complaint to the Superintendent
regarding an incident of restraint or seclusion. The
Superintendent shall investigate each written complaint
and respond in writing to the parent's complaint within
thirty (30) days of receipt of the complaint.
REQUIRED DATA AND REPORTING
Each use of restraint or seclusion shall be:
A. documented in writing;
B. reported to the building administration
immediately;
C. reported to the parent immediately; and
D. documented in a written report.
A copy of the written report shall be made available to
the student’s parent or guardian within twenty-four (24)
hours of the use of restraint or seclusion. A copy of the
written report shall also be maintained in the student's
file.
All written documentation of the use of restraint or
seclusion are educational records pursuant to the
Family Educational Right to Privacy Act ("FERPA"), and
district personnel are prohibited from releasing any
personally identifiable information to anyone other than
the parent, in accordance with FERPA's requirements.
The Superintendent shall develop a process for the
collection of data regarding the use of restraint and
seclusion.
The Superintendent shall report information concerning
the use of restraint and seclusion annually to the Ohio
Department of Education as requested by that agency,
and shall make the District's records concerning
Department of Education upon request.
* Adapted from the Ohio Department of Education's
Policy on Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports,
and Restraint and Seclusion, adopted January 15,
2013.
Adopted 8/26/13
© Neola 2013
AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
Board Policy: 5517.01
The Board of Educations is committed to providing a
safe, positive, productive, and nurturing educational
environment for all of its students. The Board
encourages the promotion of positive interpersonal
relations between members of the school community.
Harassment, intimidation, or bullying toward a student,
whether by other students, staff, or third parties is
strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated. This
prohibition includes aggressive behavior, physical,
verbal, and psychological abuse, and violence within a
dating relationship. The Board will not tolerate any
gestures, comments, threats, or actions which cause or
threaten to cause bodily harm or personal degradation.
This policy applied to all activities in the District,
including activities on school property, on a school bus,
or while enroute to or from school, and those occurring
off school property if the student or employee is at any
school-sponsored, school-approved or school-related
activity or function, such as field trips or athletic events
where students are under the school’s control, in a
school vehicle, or where and employee is engaged in
school business.
This policy has been developed in consultation with
parents, District employees, volunteers, students, and
community members as prescribed in R.C. 3313.666
and the State Board of Education's Model Policy.
Harassment, intimidation, or bullying means:
A. any intentional written, verbal, electronic, or
physical act that a student or group of
students exhibits toward another particular
student(s) more than once and the behavior
both causes mental or physical harm to the
other student(s) and is sufficiently severe,
persistent, or pervasive that it creates an
intimidating, threatening, or abusive
educational environment for the other
student(s):or
B. Violence with a dating relationship.
“Electronic act” means an act committed through the
use of a cellular telephone, computer, pager, personal
communication device, or other electronic
communication device.
Aggressive behavior is defined as inappropriate
conduct that is repeated enough, or serious enough, to
negatively impact a student's educational, physical, or
emotional well-being. This type of behavior is a form of
intimidation and harassment, although it need not be
based on any of the legally protected characteristics,
such as sex, race, color, national origin, marital status,
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