49-2-118 - Conflict resolution intervention programs Yearly effectiveness report.
49-2-118. Conflict resolution intervention programs Yearly effectiveness report.
(a) Each LEA shall implement for grades one through six (1-6) an intervention program that utilizes conflict resolution and decision-making strategies aimed at preventing occurrences of disruptive acts by students within the school and on school property.
(b) Each year the commissioner of education shall require a report from each LEA, to be submitted to the commissioner on or before November 1 of each year, on the conflict resolution intervention programs implemented during the previous school year. The programs must be in accordance with subsection (a). The commissioner will annually report the summary of the findings to the governor and to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate on or before February 15. The report at a minimum shall include the number of students who participated in the program, the conflict resolution and decision-making strategies employed, the number of times and the manner in which the program was presented, observations as to whether the program affected or altered occurrences of disruptive acts by students within the schools of each respective LEA and on school property, and any other information that would be useful to the governor and the general assembly in evaluating the overall effectiveness of such a program.
[Acts 1999, ch. 256, § 2; 2000, ch. 772, § 1; 2001, ch. 44, §§ 1, 2; 2005, ch. 335, §§ 1, 2.]