Attaching the Incident to a Discipline Record

• Disciplinary Action – What type of action was taken? *
• Discipline Reason Code – The State Code defining the reason for disciplinary action. (Click blue code link for an expanded list of state codes) *
• Weapon Type – If the offense involved a type of weapon defined in this drop down, you must then select a valid state code combination for that weapon. Please see CALPADS Valid Code Combinations as a reference. Note: An imitation firearm is not considered a weapon. The weapon type should remain blank for students committing Student Offense Code 102 (Possession of an Imitation Firearm). Additionally, Student Offense Code 105 (Possession of an Explosive) is considered a firearm offense and the Weapon Type should be populated.
• Most Severe Offense for Incident – This field reflects the most severe offense that was committed as part of all offenses for a specific incident; this code appears on every record for every student reported in an incident, even if that specific student did not commit the most severe offense.
• Disallow Attendance – This will disallow student attendance for the entire disciplinary action start and finish dates
• Instructional Support – This is a required area for Special Education Students. An indicator of whether or not a student is receiving instructional support (e.g. homework) from the local educational agency during a disciplinary action. A YES would indicate that the student is receiving instructional support. NO if the student is not receiving any instructional support (a total cessation of educational services).
• Expulsion Modification – This field directly pertains to Expulsions, if an offense results in an expulsion, choose from the drop down identifying whether or not a modification was made to the expulsion.
• Disciplinary Action Start Date * / Finish Date – Indicate the Date the Disciplinary Action started and the date the disciplinary Action finished. (If currently ongoing, leave the finish date blank)
• Action Less than Full School Day – A Yes would indicate the disciplinary action was less than a full school day. (example: half- day suspension)
• Discipline Action Authority – This field indicates a coded value representing disciplinary action authority, an agency which authorizes any disciplinary action against a student.
• Removal to Interim Alternative Setting Reason – This field captures the type of removal for special education students.
• Last Day of Discipline not being a full school day - This field allows you to enter discipline duration in tenths if the last day of the discipline was not a full school day.

Red * indicated fields are required to save a discipline record. Hover over blue titles to receive an explanation of that field, and click on the View All Codes link under Discipline Reason Code to view all state codes and descriptions. When complete click Save

• Whenever Bullying (513) or Harassment (506) are selected for the Discipline Reason Code, users have the ability to select the reason for the bullying or harassment.
• If Religion is selected, the user can also select the Targeted Religion.