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Form information

Sections B, C and D of the Discipline Documentation Form are included in the Manifestation Determination event.  They are used when the current suspension is, or may be, greater than 10 consecutive days, the student has accumulated more than 10 days of suspension during this school year and a pattern has been created, or a Manifestation Determination is being completed when the student has been suspended for drugs/weapons/serious bodily injury.

The Manifestation Determination Event is automatically created when the Discipline Documentation Event is locked and Page 1 indicates that a manifestation determination is required.

Section B

Section B is completed for all Manifestation Determinations.

1. Check the box for Documentation is present that within ten (10) school days . . . if the meeting was held within ten school days of the decision to suspend the student.

2. Choose Yes or No for each item reviewed by the team (Step 1).

3. Choose Yes or No for each question in Step 2 (“Team determined that”).

4. Indicate the team's finding of the conduct is not or is a manifestation of the student's disability.

   1. If the conduct is not a manifestation of the disability, Section C will become required.

   2. If the conduct is a manifestation of the disability, Section D will become required.

5. Enter the date of the decision.

6. Complete Section C or D as required.

Section C

Section C is completed when the conduct was not a manifestation of the disability.  It is required based on the choice entered in Section B.

1. Check the first two boxes.

2. If an IEP or IEP Amendment is completed to change the student’s placement check the last box:  If the IEP team determines a change of placement/services is required, parent is provided with a Prior Written Notice for the proposed change of placement/services.

   1. The Prior Written Notice is completed in the IEP event (IEP or IEP Amendment), not in the Manifestation Determination event.

3. Check the final box indicating that the parent was provided a copy of the Procedural Safeguards.

4. Click the Save button.

Section D

Section D is completed when the conduct was a manifestation of the disability.  It is required based on the choice entered in Section B.

1. Check the box Relevant IEP team members found the conduct was a manifestation of the child’s disability.

2. Make the appropriate choices in each of the next 3 sections.

   1. FBA section: only one choice can be made

   2. BIP section: more than one choice can be made

   3. Placement section: only one choice can be made.

      1. If this suspension is for drugs, weapons or serious bodily injury, check both boxes in that section (Continued the child's placement and Determined services that would enable the child to)

3. If an IEP or IEP Amendment is completed to change the student’s placement check the last box:  If the IEP team determines a change of placement/services is required, parent is provided with a Prior Written Notice for the proposed change of placement/services.

   1. The Prior Written Notice is completed in the IEP event (IEP or IEP Amendment), not in the Manifestation Determination event.

4. Click the Save button.

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