Discipline - UDM v3.1

The Discipline domain is based upon the concepts of a discipline incident (i.e., a violation or offense) and a discipline action (i.e., the punishment associated with an incident).

Key Entities

This domain contains:

A DisciplineIncident entity, which represents the actions or behaviors that constitute an “offense” in violation of laws, rules, policies, or norms of behavior. This entity is associated with the school where the incident occurred.
A StudentDisciplineIncidentAssociation entity, which links students to DisciplineIncident entities and indicates their role in that incident.
A DisciplineAction entity, which represents the punitive or other action taken against a student or students.

Key Concepts

The key concepts include the following:

One or more discipline actions may be applied to one DisciplineIncident entity (e.g., suspension plus after-school study hall). Alternatively, one DisciplineAction entity could have multiple DisciplineIncident entities as an attribute to accomplish the same thing.
When multiple students are involved in a discipline incident, the StudentParticipation entity indicates the role of the student in that incident (e.g., perpetrator, victim, witness). The Behaviors element is used when students have different levels of involvement, and therefore different offenses, for the same discipline incident (i.e., one might have used a knife in a fight against another who fought without a weapon).
Take note of the various ways a school may be associated with a discipline action. Especially, keep in mind that a school responsible for a discipline action may not be the school to which a student is transferred for a disciplinary reason.

Model Reference

This section contains reference information for the Discipline domain model.

Discipline Model Entities

Name	Description
DisciplineAction	This event entity represents actions taken by an education organization after a disruptive event that is recorded as a discipline incident.
DisciplineIncident	This event entity represents an occurrence of an infraction ranging from a minor behavioral problem that disrupts the orderly functioning of a school or classroom (such as tardiness) to a criminal act that results in the involvement of a law enforcement official (such as robbery). A single event (e.g., a fight) is one incident regardless of how many perpetrators or victims are involved. Discipline incidents are events classified as warranting discipline action.
School	This entity represents an educational organization that includes staff and students who participate in classes and educational activity groups.
Staff	This entity represents an individual who performs specified activities for any public or private education institution or agency that provides instructional and/or support services to students or staff at the early childhood level through high school completion. For example, this includes: 1. An "employee" who performs services under the direction of the employing institution or agency is compensated for such services by the employer and is eligible for employee benefits and wage or salary tax withholdings. 2. A "contractor" or "consultant" who performs services for an agreed upon fee or an employee of a management service contracted to work on site. 3. A "volunteer" who performs services on a voluntary and uncompensated basis. 4. An in-kind service provider. 5. An independent contractor or businessperson working at a school site.
Student	This entity represents an individual for whom instruction, services, and/or care are provided in an early childhood, elementary, or secondary educational program under the jurisdiction of a school, education agency or other institution or program. A student is a person who has been enrolled in a school or other educational institution.
StudentDisciplineIncidentAssociation	This association indicates those students who were victims, perpetrators, witnesses, and reporters for a discipline incident.

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Discipline Model