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Incident Count of Behaviors
The count of behavior incidents. Each incident represents a single occurrence for which one or more students were disciplined. A student may appear in the incident count multiple times if they committed one or more violations during the school year.
Count of Discipline Actions
The number of students that received disciplinary action. Each incident represents a single behavioral offense. Every behavior a student is disciplined for is counted as a separate disciplinary action.
Definitions
Incident
An incident refers to a single behavior occurrence. Therefore, a student can be reflected in the incident counts multiple times if they violated one or more of the state-reportable behaviors and received one or more discipline actions.
State-Reportable Behaviors
Drug Violation
Use, possession, or sale of a drug or controlled substance other than marijuana on school grounds, in school vehicles, or at school activities or sanctioned events.
Alcohol Violation
Use, possession, or sale of alcohol on school grounds, in school vehicles, or at school activities or sanctioned events.
Tobacco Violation
Use or possession of tobacco products on school grounds, in school vehicles, or at school activities or sanctioned events.
1st, 2nd Degree or Vehicular Assault
Commission of an act on school grounds that if committed by an adult, would be considered First Degree Assault, as described in Section 18-3-202, C.R.S., Second Degree Assault, as described in section 18-3-203, C.R.S., or Vehicular Assault, as described in Section 18-3-205, C.R.S.
Dangerous Weapons
Carrying, bringing, using, or possessing a dangerous weapon on school grounds, in school vehicles, or at school activities or sanctioned events without the authorization of the school or the school district. A firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, any pellet or BB gun or other device, whether operational or not designed to propel projectiles by spring action or compressed air; a fixed blade knife with a blade that measures longer than three inches in length or a spring-loaded knife or a pocket knife with a blade longer than three and one-half inches; or any object, device, instrument, material, or substance, whether animate or inanimate, used or intended to be used to inflict death or serious bodily injury.
Robbery
Commission of an act on school grounds that, if committed by an adult, would be considered robbery. Robbery is a class four felony.
Other Felony
Commission of an act on school grounds that, if committed by an adult, would be considered a felony.
Disobedience/Defiant or Repeated Interference
Being willfully disobedient or openly and persistently defiant or repeatedly interfering with the school’s ability to provide educational opportunities to and a safe environment for other students.
Detrimental Behavior
Behavior on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event that is detrimental to the welfare or safety of other students or school personnel, including but not limited to behavior that creates a threat of physical harm to the student or to other students.
Destruction of School Property
Willful destruction or defacement of school property.
Bullying
“Bullying” means any written or verbal expression, or physical or electronic act or gesture, or a pattern thereof, that is intended to coerce, intimidate, or cause any physical, mental, or emotional harm to any student.
Other Violation of Code of Conduct
Other violations of the Local Board of Education’s code of conduct that resulted in suspensions, expulsions or resulting referrals to law enforcement, not already reported in another categories. These violations may or may not be documented in a student’s record (22-32-109(1) (2) (B)).
3rd Degree Assault/Disorderly Conduct
Commission of an act on school grounds that, if committed by an adult would be considered third degree assault, as described below in section 18-3-204, C.R.S., or Disorderly Conduct, as described below in section 18-9-106 (1) (d), C.R.S. referring to fights.
Marijuana Violation
The unlawful use, possession, or sale of marijuana on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event.
Sexual Violence/Battery (other than Rape)
Acts of sexual violence on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event. Sexual Violence means a physical sexual act perpetrated against a person’s will or where a person is incapable of giving consent. Incidents of sexual violence/battery (other than rape) - An incident that includes threatened rape, fondling, indecent liberties, child molestation, or sodomy. Non-binary, male, and female can be victims of sexual battery. Classification of these incidents should take into consideration the age and developmentally appropriate behavior of the offender(s).
Rape or Attempted Rape
Incidents of rape or attempted rape on school grounds, in a school vehicle, or at a school activity or sanctioned event. Rape refers to forced sexual intercourse (vaginal, anal, or oral penetration). This includes penetration from a foreign object. Non-binary, male, and female students can be victims of rape. Rape is not defined as a physical attack or fight.
Discipline Actions
Classroom Removal
Classroom removal in accordance with board policy that lasts less than a ½ day.
In-School Suspension
Instances in which a child is temporarily removed from their regular classroom(s) for disciplinary purposes but remains under the direct supervision of school personnel. Direct supervision means school personnel are physically in the same location as students under their supervision. The discipline action lasts a ½ day or more.
Out-of-School Suspension
Instances in which a child is temporarily removed from their regular school for disciplinary purposes to another setting (e.g., home, behavior center).
Expulsion
An action taken by the LEA removing a child from their regular school for disciplinary purposes for the remainder of the school year or longer in accordance with local educational agency policy. Include removals resulting from violations of the Gun-Free Schools Act that are modified to less than 365 days.
Any other form of discipline
Any other form of discipline, which shall be officially identified as part of a board policy.
Student Service
Services provided by schools and/or districts in the current year for students identified as belonging to one or more of the categories below:
Students with Disabilities
Students who have been formally identified as having physical or health conditions that may have a significant impact on the student’s ability to learn and therefore warrant placing the student on an Individual Educational Program (IEP).
Students with a Section 504 Plan
Student who has been identified as having a disability under regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 but may or may not be eligible for special education placement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
English Learners (Multilingual Learners)
Students who have been identified as Non-English Proficient (NEP), Limited English Proficient (LEP). Non-English Proficient is defined as a student who speaks a language other than English and does not comprehend, speak, read, or write English. Limited English Proficient is defined as a student who comprehends, speaks, reads, or writes some English, but whose predominant comprehension or speech is in a language other than English.
Addition to Discipline Actions
Previous School Years
This section contains archived Discipline statistics based upon the Student Discipline Snapshot data collection.
2023-2024
Behavior Data
2023-2024 Behavior by Gender (XLSX): This report shows discipline action counts by behaviors and by gender.
2023-2024 Behavior by Grade (XLSX): This report shows discipline action counts by behaviors and by grade.
2023-2024 Behavior by Race and Ethnicity (XLSX): This report shows discipline action counts by behaviors and by race/ethnicity.
2023-2024 Behavior by Student Services (XLSX): This report shows discipline action counts by behaviors and by Special Education students, students on a 504 plan, and English Language Learner students.
2023-2024 Behavior Incident Count by Behavior (XLSX): This report shows behavior incident counts by behavior.
Discipline Data
2023-2024 Discipline Action by Gender (XLSX): This report shows discipline action counts by students gender.
2023-2024 Discipline Action by Grade (XLSX): This report shows discipline action counts by students grade.
2023-2024 Discipline Action by Race and Ethnicity (XLSX): This report shows discipline action counts by students race/ethnicity.
2023-2024 Discipline Action by Student Service (XLSX): This report shows discipline action counts by Special Education students, students on a 504 plan, and English Language Learner students.
2023-2024 Discipline Action Taken (XLSX): This report shows count of discipline actions by discipline action type.
2023-2024 Discipline by Action Addition to Discipline Action (XLSX): In addition to a discipline action taken, this report shows counts of referral to law enforcement, students handcuffed and school related arrest counts.
Behavior Incident and Discipline Action Data
2023-2024 Behavior Incidents and Discipline Action Taken Total (XLSX): This report shows behavior incident counts by behavior and Count of discipline actions taken by behavior.
2023-2024 Behaviors Associated with Discipline Action Taken (XLSX): This report shows discipline action counts by behaviors.
2022-2023
2021-2022
District/LEA Level
2021-2022 Discipline by Gender (XLS)
2021-2022 Discipline by Race/Ethnicity (XLS)
2021-2022 Discipline by ELL, Special Ed, 504 Status (XLS)
10-Year Trend Data
2021-2022 State Suspension and Expulsion Incident Rates and Reasons (XLS)
2020-2021
District/LEA Level
2020-2021 Discipline by Gender (XLS)
2020-2021 Discipline by Race/Ethnicity (XLS)
2020-2021 Discipline by ELL, Special Ed, 504 Status (XLS)
10-Year Trend Data
2020-2021 State Suspension and Expulsion Incident Rates and Reasons (XLS)
2019-2020
Data Notes
In 2023-2024, as part of the implementation of House Bill 22-1376, data is now reported at the student level and in one file. In previous years districts submitted total incident counts at the school level in three separate files: Discipline by Action, Discipline by Student Demographics, and Firearm Discipline.
In the 2019-2020 school year, districts reported suspensions and expulsion by the Type of Incident and by the Race/Ethnicity and Gender of students involved.
Because a student could be suspended more than one time in a school year or could be suspended and later expelled, these tables reflect the number of students by incident. They also contain an Unduplicated Count of students.
FAQs
Student Data Privacy
Data privacy guidelines are applied to publicly reported state, district (LEA) and demographic level discipline data to maintain student data privacy. The methods for student data privacy include focused N size suppression, overall total count suppression and membership base suppression. While complicated, these methods ensure student data is protected while providing transparent information regarding discipline data. Detailed information regarding the data privacy guidelines applied to published data can be requested from the contact at the bottom of the website.

