Discipline Domain - Entities, References, and Descriptors

Discipline Domain 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.
StaffDisciplineIncidentAssociation	This association indicates those staff who were victims, perpetrators, witnesses, and reporters for a discipline incident.
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.
StudentDisciplineIncidentBehaviorAssociation	This association describes the behavior of students involved in a discipline incident.
StudentDisciplineIncidentNonOffenderAssociation	This association indicates those students who were involved and not perpetrators for a discipline incident.

Extended References

Name	Description
Credential	The legal document giving authorization to perform teaching assignment services.
EducationOrganization	Provide user information to lookup and link to an existing educational organization record in the receiving system.
EducatorPreparationProgram	The educator preparation program(s) completed by the teacher.
LocalEducationAgency	LEA of which the School is an organizational component.
OpenStaffPosition	Reference to the open staff position filled by the staff.
Person	Relates the student to a generic person.
PostSecondaryInstitution	The postsecondary institution or university associated as an organization component for the school, if applicable.

Discipline Domain Descriptors

Name	Entity	Description	Usage Classification	EDFacts Mapping	Commonly Used	Commonly State-Defined
AcademicSubject	Staff	The academic subject(s) in which the staff is deemed to be "highly qualified".	Local	Yes	Yes
AccreditationStatus	School	The accreditation status for an education preparation provider.
AchievementCategory	Staff	The category of achievement attributed to the individual.	Local
AdministrativeFundingControl	School	The type of education institution as classified by its funding source, for example public or private.
Behavior	StudentDisciplineIncidentBehaviorAssociation	Describes behavior by category.	Local		Yes
CharterApprovalAgencyType	School	The type of agency that approved the establishment or continuation of a charter school.
CharterStatus	School	A school or agency providing free public elementary or secondary education to eligible students under a specific charter granted by the state legislature or other appropriate authority and designated by such authority to be a charter school.
Country	Staff Student	The name of the country. It is strongly recommended that entries use only ISO 3166 2-letter country codes.	Standard		Yes
Discipline	DisciplineAction	Type of action, such as removal from the classroom, used to discipline the student involved as a perpetrator in a discipline incident.
DisciplineActionLengthDifferenceReason	DisciplineAction	Indicates the reason for the difference, if any, between the official and actual lengths of a student's disciplinary assignment.
DisciplineIncidentParticipationCode	StaffDisciplineIncidentAssociation StudentDisciplineIncidentBehaviorAssociation StudentDisciplineIncidentNonOffenderAssociation	The role or type of participation of a student in a discipline incident.
FederalLocaleCode	School	The federal locale code associated with an education organization.
GradeLevel	School	The grade levels served at the school.
IdentificationDocumentUse	Staff Student	The primary function of the document used for establishing identity.	Orthodox
IncidentLocation	DisciplineIncident	Identifies where the discipline incident occurred and whether or not it occurred on school.
InternetAccess	School	The type of Internet access available.
LevelOfEducation	Staff	The extent of formal instruction an individual has received (e.g., the highest grade in school completed or its equivalent or the highest degree received).	Orthodox
MagnetSpecialProgramEmphasisSchool	School	A school that has been designed: 1) to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the purpose of reducing, preventing, or eliminating racial isolation; and/or 2) to provide an academic or social focus on a particular theme (e.g., science/math, performing arts, gifted/talented, or foreign language).
OtherNameType	Student	The types of alternate names for an individual.	Orthodox
PersonalInformationVerification	Staff Student	The category of the document relative to its purpose.	Orthodox
RecognitionType	Staff	The nature of recognition given to the individual for accomplishments in a co-curricular, or extra-curricular activity.	Flexible
ReporterDescription	DisciplineIncident	Information on the type of individual who reported the discipline incident. When known and/or if useful, use a more specific option code (e.g., "Counselor" rather than "Professional Staff").
SchoolCategory	School	The one or more categories of school.
SchoolType	School	The type of education institution as classified by its primary focus.
Sex	Student	A person's sex at birth.	Standard
StateAbbreviation	Student	The abbreviation for the state (within the United States) or outlying area in which an address is located.	Standard		Yes
TitleIPartASchoolDesignation	School	Denotes the Title I Part A designation for the school.
Weapon	DisciplineIncident StudentDisciplineIncidentBehaviorAssociation	Identifies the type of weapon used during an incident. The Federal Gun-Free Schools Act requires states to report the number of students expelled for bringing firearms to school by type of firearm.

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See Non-normative Descriptor Classifications for more information on Usage Classification.