1001.54 (1)(c): " The school principal shall fully support the authority of each teacher . . . to remove disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive students from the classroom . . . "

1002.20 Subsection (23): "ORDERLY, DISCIPLINED CLASSROOMS.--Public school students shall be in orderly, disciplined classrooms conducive to learning without the distraction caused by disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive students, in accordance with s. 1003.32."

1003.04 (2): "The parent of each public K-12 student must cooperate with the authority of the student's district school board, superintendent, principal, teachers, . . . according to ss. 1003.31 and 1003.32, to remove the student from the classroom . . .and, when appropriate and available, to place the student in an alternative educational setting, if the student is disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive."

1003.31 (1)(d): " . . . Each district school board, each district school superintendent, and each school principal shall fully support the authority of teachers, according to s. 1003.32, . . . to remove disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive students from the classroom . . . and, when appropriate and available , place such students in an alternative educational setting. "

1003.32 (1): "In accordance with this section and within the framework of the district school board's code of student conduct, teachers and other instructional personnel shall have the authority to undertake any of the following actions in managing student behavior and ensuring the safety of all students in their classes and school and their opportunity to learn in an orderly and disciplined classroom:
(a) Establish classroom rules of conduct.

(b) Establish and implement consequences, designed to change behavior, for infractions of classroom rules.

(c) Have disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive students removed from the classroom for behavior management intervention.

(d) Have violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive students directed for information or assistance from appropriate school or district school board personnel.

(e) Assist in enforcing school rules on school property, during school-sponsored transportation, and during school-sponsored activities.

(f) Request and receive information as to the disposition of any referrals to
the administration for violation of classroom or school rules.

(g) Request and receive immediate assistance in classroom management if
a student becomes uncontrollable or in case of emergency.

(h) Request and receive training and other assistance to improve skills in
classroom management, violence prevention, conflict resolution, and
related areas.

(i) Press charges if there is a reason to believe that a crime has been
committed on school property, during school sponsored transportation, or
during school-sponsored activities.

(j) Use reasonable force, according to standards adopted by the State Board of Education, to protect himself or herself or others from injury."

1003.32 (3): "A teacher may send a student to the principal's office to maintain effective discipline in the classroom and may recommend an appropriate consequence consistent with the student code of conduct under s. 1006.07. The principal shall respond by employing the teacher's recommended consequence or a more serious disciplinary action if the student's history of disruptive behavior warrants it. If the principal determines that a lesser disciplinary action is appropriate, the principal should consult with the teacher prior to taking disciplinary action."

1003.32 (4): "A teacher may remove from class a student whose behavior the teacher determines interferes with the teacher's ability to communicate effectively with the students in the class or with the ability of the student's classmates to learn. Each district school board, each district school superintendent, and each school principal shall support the authority of teachers to remove disobedient, violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive students from the classroom."

1003.32 (6)(a): "Each school shall establish a placement review committee to determine placement of a student when a teacher withholds consent to the return of a student to the teacher's class. A school principal must notify each teacher in that school about the availability, the procedures, and the criteria for the placement review committee as outlined in this section."

1003.32 (6)(b): "The principal must report on a quarterly basis to the district school superintendent and district school board each incidence of a teacher's withholding consent for a removed student to return to the teacher's class and the disposition of the incident, and the superintendent must annually report these date to the department."

1003.32 (6)(c): "The Commissioner of Education shall annually review each school district's compliance with this section, and success in achieving orderly classrooms, and shall use all appropriate enforcement actions up to and including the withholding of disbursements from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund until full compliance is verified."

1003.32 (6)(d): "Placement review committee membership must include at least the following:
1. Two teachers, one selected by the school's faculty and one selected by the teacher who has removed the student.

2.) One member of the school's staff who is selected by the principal.

The teacher who withheld consent to readmitting the student may not serve on the committee. The teacher and the placement review committee must render decisions within 5 days after the removal of the student from the classroom. If the placement review committee's decision is contrary to the decision of the teacher to withhold consent to the return of the removed student to the teacher's class, the teacher may appeal the committee's decision to the district school superintendent.

1003.32 (7): "Any teacher who removes 25 percent of his or her total class enrollment shall be required to complete professional development to improve classroom management."

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