Documents/Forms

Connecticut State Department Education Resources

• Connecticut Compilation of School Discipline Laws and Regulations
• Connecticut Discipline Data
  • Current Trends in Discipline: Performance-EdSight
• CSDE Board Presentations on Discipline
  • 2017 Discipline Presentation
  • 2016 Discipline Presentation
  • 2015 Discipline Presentation
  • 2014 Discipline Presentation
  • Suspensions and Expulsions in Connecticut
• CSDE School Discipline Reports
  • 2020-2021 Report on Student Discipline in Connecticut Public Schools (April 6, 2022)
  • 2019-2020 Report on Student Discipline in Connecticut Public Schools (February 21, 2021)
  • 2018-2019 Report on Student Discipline in Connecticut Public Schools (February 6, 2020)
  • 2017-2018 Report on Student Discipline in Connecticut Public Schools (February 6, 2019)
• Family Guides
  • When a Child Is Suspended from School: A Fact Sheet for Connecticut Families
  • When a Child Is Expelled from School: A Fact Sheet for Connecticut Families
• Guidelines for In-School and Out-of-School Suspension
• Leveraging Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to Enhance Educational Leadership
  • Leveraging Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to Enhance Educational Leadership
  • Webinar: Leveraging Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to Enhance Educational Leadership (December 2021)
• School Expulsions
• State Board Position Statements
  • Social, Emotional and Intellectual Habits for All Students K-3
  • Culturally Responsive Education
  • Creating a Health Learning Environment that is Physically, Emotionally and Intellectually Safe
  • Equal Educational Opportunity
  • Education of Students with Exceptionalities
  • Education of Students Who are English Language Learners 
  • Reducing Disproportionality in Suspensions and Expulsions (Exclusionary Discipline)

Programs and Strategies to Support Positive Approaches to Behavior

• A Commitment to Racial Equity from the Center on PBIS
• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
• International Institute for Restorative Practices
• National Center on PBIS
• Returning to School During and After Crisis: Supporting States, Districts, Schools, Educators, Families, and Students through an MTSS Framework
• Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) (CSDE webpage)
• The Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (ECCP)
• The National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations

School Discipline Amidst COVID-19 Guidance – Addendum 10

• Addendum 10 – Reframing and Reopening: School Discipline Amidst COVID-19 Guidance (CSDE)
  This Addendum supplements the robust guidance provided by the CSDE related to school reopening, and reminds school communities of the importance of frequent communication with families, active reengagement with students, and consideration of the unique circumstance students are facing returning to the structure of school after a period of disruption. It also provides answers to frequently asked questions related to discipline within the context of the new health and safety considerations presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, both in schools and when remote. 

Social Emotional Learning PK-12

• CASEL Guide: Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs—Preschool and Elementary Edition
• CASEL Guide: Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs—Middle and High School Edition
• Help Me Grow

Trauma, Violence, and Grief

• Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut
• Building Effective Trauma-Informed School-Based Mental Health Systems for Youth (CHDI)
• Creation of a Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed School Based System of Care (CHDI)

U.S. State Department of Education Resources

• Final Report of the Federal Commission on School Safety 
• Guiding Principles: A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline
• Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension Policies in Early Childhood Settings
• School Climate and Discipline Guidance: Rethinking Discipline
• Standing Together Against Suspension & Expulsion in Early Childhood