R277-609-5. LEA Responsibility to Implement Positive Behavior Interventions, Supports and Accountability Practices

(1) An LEA shall implement positive behavior interventions, supports, and accountability practices as part of the LEA's continuum of behavior interventions strategies. (2) LEA plans shall use: (i) written standards for student behavior expectations, including schoolwide and classroom management; (ii) effective instructional practices for teaching student expectations; (iii) systematic methods for reinforcing expected behaviors; (iv) uniform and equitable methods for correcting student behavior; and (v) procedures for re-teaching behavior expectations followed by effective, evidence-based interventions matched to student needs before suspension or court referral; (vi) procedures for referral for a student with a qualifying offense to alternative school-related interventions as described in Section 53G-8-211. (3) An LEA shall provide an ongoing staff development program as described in Rule R277-608.