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Julie CollinsOffice of Safe SchoolsFlorida Department of Education

School Safety & Discipline

2012-13Data Reporting

Presentation Outline

Quick SESIR ReviewSESIR Changes for 2012-13Reporting Issues/Concerns Improving Accuracy of SESIR and Discipline Data

Online SESIR Training & ToolsWeb Links/Contacts

2012-13 School Safety and Discipline Data Reporting

Why are SESIR and Discipline Data Important?

Provides data:For needs assessment for grant opportunities

For measuring progress of intervention

For reporting to advisory councils


SESIR Key Features

Developed 1995 for school staffBased on criminal code but not identical

23 incident categories reportedEach incident may have related elements: alcohol, bullying, alcohol, bullying, drug, gang, hate-crime, injury drug, gang, hate-crime, injury or weaponor weapon2012-13 School Safety and Discipline Data Reporting

SESIR Incidents

On school grounds, school transportation, or at off-campus school sponsored events

The most serious offense is the primary SESIR incident. Secondary offenses can be reported as one or more “related related elementselements”.

365 days/24 hours

Student, Non-Student or Unknown Offenders


Level IIIDisruption On Campus Drug Use/PossessionLarceny/TheftSexual Offenses

(Other)Threat/IntimidationVandalismOther Major OffensesLevel II

Breaking & Entering/Burglary

Drug Sale/DistributionRobberyTrespassingWeapons Possession

Level IV – Least Serious

AlcoholBullying Fighting Harassment Sexual Harassment Tobacco

Level I - Most Serious

ArsonBatteryHomicideKidnappingSexual Battery

SESIR Reporting

SESIR incidents are per incident. Report only ONE incident even when there are multiple students involved in the same incident.

Discipline actions are per student.

Reporting Formats

School Environmental Safety Incident Report

Student Discipline/Resultant Action

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Reporting Periods

SESIR and Discipline data must be reported in Surveys 2, 3 and 5.

Survey 2: October, 2012 Survey 3: February, 2013 Survey 5: August, 2013


What’s new for 2012-13?

Changes & Updates for 2012-13

Updated Incident Definitions/Examples: Battery Larceny/Theft

Updated Data Elements: Discipline/Resultant Action Code Zero Tolerance: Expulsions

Other Changes: Battery & Sexual Battery must be “Injury-

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Updated Incident Definitions/Examples: Battery


BATTERY (physical attack/harm) The physical use of force or violence by an individual against another. The attack must be serious enough to warrant consulting law enforcement or result in serious bodily harm. (To distinguish from Fighting, report an incident as Battery only when the force or violence is carried out against a person who is not fighting back.)

Examples•Student hitting another with a heavy object over the head resulting in serious injury. •Student jabbing a pen into another's arm resulting in serious injury. •Student or other engaging in a mutual physical altercation with another and continuing to hit/beat that person even after that person stops fighting, or is no longer able to fight back resulting in serious injury.

Additional GuidelinesNote: Battery is a "Violent Incident" and is required to be reported in the related element "Injury-Related".

Updated Incident Definitions/Examples: Larceny/Theft


LARCENY/THEFT (taking of property from person, building, or a vehicle) The unauthorized taking, carrying, riding away, or concealing the property of another person, including motor vehicle, without threat, violence, or bodily harm.

Examples: Student or other embezzling public funds. Student or other stealing an item/items worth $300 or more. Student finding a checkbook, signing owner’s name and making a purchase. Student or other stealing a car or motorcycle.

Non-Examples: Student or other borrowing an item without permission. Student or other committing robbery (code as Robbery instead). Student or other stealing an item/items less than $300.

Note: The item(s) must total $300 or more in value to report in SESIR. However, it is important for schools to document these types of incidents on their local student discipline referral form.

Updated Data Element: Discipline/Resultant Action Code

LOCAL USE ONLY CODE D: Districts may record other district-defined disciplinary/resultant actions which cannot be reported using any other code in this element, and may assign them the code D in their local systems. These district-defined disciplinary/ resultant actions should not be included on the Student Discipline/Resultant Action format. This code is to be used only when the action is related to a non-SESIR defined incident.


Updated Data Element: Zero Tolerance: Expulsions


Other Changes: BAT and SXB must be “Injury-Related”


A new reject rule has been added to require that Battery and Sexual Battery are coded as Injury-Related.

Federal specifications categorize violent incidents as “serious enough to warrant calling the police or security or when serious bodily harm occurs.”

Law enforcement consultation is already required for these violent incidents.

Reports for Request

F62865 - School Environmental Safety Incident ReportF70553 - SESIR Incident by Disciplinary Action F71070 - SESIR Firearm Description By SchoolF71175 - SESIR: UBL And UHR By Basis CategoryF71177 - Incidents Of Bullying And HarassmentF71181 - SESIR: Bullying And Harass By Basis CategoryF71242 - Discipline Zero Tolerance Students

(Expulsions)F71119 - Students Restrained/ Instances

Validation/Exception Reports:F61419 - Discipline F62954 - School Safety (62953)F70623 - School Safety Aggregate Validation Report


New!

Web Links

Office of Safe Schools http://www.fldoe.org/safeschools/sesir

Education Information & Accountability Services

http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/default.asp


What Does Accurate SESIR and Discipline Data Depend On?

Knowledge of SESIR DefinitionsSoftware System design to optimize accuracy

Schools Data Review/CorrectionProcess to Update OSS to AP or Expulsion

Process for Entering Incidents & Disciplinary Actions

Student Referral Form Design2012-13 School Safety and Discipline Data Reporting

Some Problems with 2010-11 Data


Not all level I incidents were reported to Law Enforcement

Many districts reported no Injury-Related and/or no Bullying-Related incidents

Incidents involving staff, teachers, and administrators were not reported in SESIR

Some districts had a low percentage of schools reporting incidents (less than 50%)

Code confusion (Expulsion vs. Alt. Placement)

Verifying District SESIR Data

District data are compared against:Incidents reported in the mediaIncidents reported to DOE’s Professional PracticesInformation received by DOE parent liaisonsOther sources


Online TrainingGreatest barrier to accurate data was identified as lack of knowledge of SESIR definitions and reporting process by school administrators.

Online SESIR Training is at:

www.SESIR.org

Interactive SESIR Poster

http://www.fldoe.org/safeschools/sesir

Got Questions?

Contact us:

SESIR Program Contact: [email protected]

850.245.0676

SESIR MIS Contact: [email protected]


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