Table of Contents

A Message From the Superintendent

Introduction

Six Essential Systems for a Strong Learning Climate

Three Pillars

Office of Climate and Culture: Supporting Our Students and Building Community

School Attendance

JCPS Prevention and Support Services

Trauma-Informed Care

Bullying Prevention and Support

Suicide Prevention and Support

Addiction Prevention and Support

Rights and Responsibilities of Entire JCPS Community

Kentucky Administrative Regulations for Special Education Programs

Evidence-Based Best Practices to Support Student Behavior

Progressive Consequences

Interventions and Consequences

Behavior Intervention and Consequence Definitions

Progressive Consequences and Resources Pre-K Through Grade Three

Behavior Code Definitions

Jurisdiction and Application of the SSBIH

Due Process

Reporting Concerns of Improper Treatment or Abuse

Retaliation and Discrimination Prohibited

Student Searches

Suspension Procedures

Alternative Placement

Appeal Process

Bus Safety

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Appendix G

Student Bill of Rights

JCPS is committed to providing all students with a fair and equitable application of behavior support systems. For information regarding students with disabilities, under IDEA, including students in the referral process, please refer to JCPS Exceptional Child Education Procedures on the ECE webpage (https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/page/ece-programs). For information regarding students with disabilities under Section 504, please refer to the JCPS Section 504 Guidebook (https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/page/section-504).

Free Appropriate Public Education. (1) An LEA shall make a free appropriate public education (FAPE) available to all children with disabilities aged three (3) to twenty-one (21) residing within its district’s boundaries who have not received a high school diploma, including children with disabilities who have been suspended or expelled for more than ten (10) school days in a school year. FAPE shall be provided to each child with a disability even though the child has not failed or been retained in a course and is advancing from grade to grade based on the child’s unique needs and not on the child’s disability. An LEA shall not be required to provide FAPE to a student eighteen (18) years old or older, who is placed in an adult correctional facility if, in the educational placement prior to placement in the correctional facility, the student was not identified as a child with a disability and did not have an IEP.

Parents/Guardians may also request a copy of the above information by contacting their school’s administration or the chief of Exceptional Child Education (ECE) at VanHoose Education Center (3332 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY 40218) or (502) 485-3890.