Discipline Data Tips: Classroom Exclusion 
                  Washington Definition of                                Brief duration: A classroom exclusion is not 
                  Classroom Exclusion                                     defined by any minimum length of time. 
                  A classroom exclusion occurs when a teacher or          However, a classroom exclusion does not 
                  other school personnel excludes a student from          include actions that result in missed instruction 
                  a classroom or instructional or activity area in        for a brief duration when (a) a teacher or other 
                  response to a behavioral violation. A classroom         school personnel attempts other forms of 
                  exclusion is within school.                             discipline to support the student in meeting 
                                                                          behavioral expectations and (b) the student 
                  (CE) CEDARS Reporting                                   remains under the supervision of the teacher or 
                  Classroom Exclusion (CE) is a valid value               other school personnel during such brief 
                  under Element R11 – Exclusionary Action                 duration. 
                  Applied.                                                State regulations do not define “brief duration” 
                                 Exclusion length: A classroom            in relation to actions that would not constitute 
                                 exclusion is the exclusion of a          a classroom exclusion. However, evidence-
                                 student from a particular                based behavioral interventions and classroom 
                                 classroom or instructional or            strategies that include brief durations of time 
                                 activity area for up to the              away from instruction typically recommend the 
                  balance of the school day. The duration of a            brief duration not exceed five minutes. 
                  classroom exclusion refers to the school day            Therefore, when school personnel take actions 
                  during which the student is excluded, reported          that result in missed instruction for a brief 
                  as a whole number of 1 under Element R13 –              duration to support a student in meeting 
                  Duration of Exclusionary Action Days.                   behavioral expectations—the duration of such 
                                                                          actions should align with evidence-based 
                                 Exclusion time: Any classroom            interventions and classroom strategies. 
                                 exclusion results in a student 
                                 being excluded from a particular         Behavior Categories 
                                 classroom or instructional or                          Behavioral violations under 
                                 activity area for a sum of time.                       state regulation refer to student 
                  The total amount of exclusionary time refers to                       behaviors that violate a school 
                  the summative time that a student is excluded                         district’s discipline policy. 
                  from their classroom or instructional or activity                     District discipline policies must 
                  area, as reported in increments of 0.1—with 1.0         include clearly defined behavioral violations 
                  equaling that student’s average school day of           identifying which categories may or may not 
                  scheduled instructional time—under Element              result in exclusionary discipline in accordance 
                  R14 – Total Amount of Exclusionary Time.                with state law. Any behavioral violation 
                  Classroom exclusions that are for less than 0.1         associated with a student receiving classroom 
                  of a school day are rounded up to 0.1.                  exclusion is reportable to CEDARS.  
                  Exclusion area: A classroom exclusion concerns                        Behavior reporting codes 
                  exclusions from curricular instructional or                           within a district’s Student 
                  activity areas. A classroom exclusion does not                        Information System (SIS) may 
                  include exclusions from recess, lunch,                                include a multitude of 
                  transportation, or extra-curricular activities. 
           
                   categories that correspond with behavioral              submission exceptions or errors occurred when 
                   violations identified in the district’s discipline      data was loading to CEDARS. 
                   policies. A district’s SIS behavior codes must be 
                   aggregated and mapped to the appropriate                Data Use and Policy Review 
                   CEDARS behavior codes for CEDARS reporting                             Washington discipline laws 
                   under Element R08 – Behavior Code and                                  require school districts to 
                   Element R09 – Other Behaviors. Valid values for                        periodically review discipline 
                   state-level behavior reporting categories may                          policies and procedures with the 
                   be found in the table in Appendix B of the                             participation of school 
                   CEDARS Appendices.                                      personnel, students, parents, families, and the 
                   Data Entry                                              community.  
                                  Discipline data is uploaded from         During the development and review of a 
                                  the district’s Student                   district’s discipline policies and procedures, the 
                                  Information System (SIS) to              district must use disaggregated discipline data 
                                  CEDARS.                                  (by school, student groups, discipline types, 
                                                                           behavior categories) to monitor the impact of 
                   Incident data includes student records for a            the district’s discipline policies, procedures, and 
                   single incident submitted to CEDARS for                 practices as well as to update the district’s 
                   Elements R01 through R10.                               discipline policies and procedures to improve 
                   Exclusionary action data includes student               fairness and equity in the administration of 
                   records with information specific to the                discipline. 
                   exclusionary action submitted to CEDARS for             Additional Information 
                   Elements R11 through R23. 
                   Multiple Exclusionary Actions: If a student             CEDARS webpage 
                   receives more than one exclusionary action in               •   CEDARS Manual 
                   response to a single incident, each exclusionary            •   CEDARS Reporting Guidance 
                   action must be reported to include identical                •   CEDARS Appendices 
                                                                           Student Discipline
                   incident information (Elements R01–R10) and                               webpage 
                   information specific to each exclusionary action            •   Student Discipline Rules Q&A: A 
                   (Elements R11–R23).                                             Technical Guide 
                                                                           Washington State Report Card webpage 
                   Data Quality                                                •   Discipline Data 
                   School districts are responsible for reviewing          Have questions? Need help? 
                   student-level data that populates into CEDARS           Student Information: 
                   for accuracy.                                           AskSI@k12.wa.us 
                   If any data is incorrect or incomplete, verify or 
                   enter the data in your SIS.                             Student Discipline: 
                   If the data in your SIS is incorrect, update and        joshua.lynch@k12.wa.us 
                   resubmit the data to CEDARS.                             
                   If the data in your SIS is correct, check with your 
                   CEDARS District Administrator. It is possible