Rochester City School Board Policy Manual
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NON-ACADEMIC/ADMINISTRATION INAPPROPRIATE AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIORS AND LEVELS OF RESPONSE KEY: USE LOWEST LEVEL INDICATED FIRST
Level 1: Classroom Support and Student Support Team – may be appropriate when student has no prior incidents and interventions have not been put in place .
Level 2: Intensive Support Staff and Appropriate Administration – may be appropriate when supports have been put in place in the classroom to address behavior but the behavior has continued to negatively affect the learning of the students and others.
Level 3: Short Term Suspension – may be appropriate when interventions and supports have been
Level 4: Request for Long Term Suspension.
put in place but the behavior is escalating (repeated offenses).
MAY REFER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ADVICE, DIVERSION OR FURTHER ACTION
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 4
NS02 – Absences
Unexcused tardiness or absence from school. Persistent or excessive absence from school.
✓
Guidance intervention only NS12 – Class Cutting/Skipping Guidance Intervention only NS24 – Dress Code Violation
✓
Failure to appear or attend a scheduled class.
✓
Guidance interventions only NS23 – Bus Violation*
Refer to dress code standards listed in Appendix A.
✓
Serious disruption on the bus (conduct causing the driver to stop the bus). Suspension ONLY from Bus NS04 – Insubordination (i.e., refusal to obey an order from school staff Non-violent/Non-physical) Refusal to follow instructions of authorized school staff. ✓ ✓ Refusal to be scanned (Grades 7 to 12). ✓ ✓ ✓ NS01b – Misbehavior in Non-instructional Areas (i.e., hallway, lunchroom, stairwell) Running, making excessive ✓ Suspension ONLY from Bus
noise, throwing objects; picking on, bothering or teasing other students. Failure to follow directions, leading to a potential threat of harm to another person or directly leading to the harm of others (Grades K to 6). Failure to follow directions, leading to a potential threat of harm to another person or directly leading to the harm of others (Grades 7 to 12).
✓
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*For Students with Disabilities, a suspension from special transportation may constitute a removal from instruction, and as such, specific due process procedures may apply – See Appendices C and D.
June 18, 2026
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