Table 11. Percentage of public schools reporting that specified disciplinary actions were allowed, and used during the school year, by selected disciplinary actions: School year 2003

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Table 11. Percentage of public schools reporting that specified disciplinary actions were allowed, and used during the school year, by selected disciplinary actions: School year 2003–04

Disciplinary action	Allowed	Used during the 2003–04 school year
Removal or transfer for at least the remainder of the year
Removal with no continuing school services	51	12
Transfer to specialized school for disciplinary reasons¹	67	34
Transfer to another regular school for disciplinary reasons	38	14
Removal with school-provided tutoring/at-home instruction	62	16

Suspension or removal for less than the remainder of the year
Out-of-school suspension
No curriculum services provided	68	54
Curriculum services provided	75	44
In-school suspension
No curriculum services provided	22	10
Curriculum services provided	75	62

Provide instruction or counseling to reduce problems
Referral to school counselor	93	91
Assigned to program designed to reduce disciplinary problems
During school hours	56	47
Outside of school hours	29	19

Punishment or withdrawal of services
Kept off school bus due to misbehavior	88	76
Corporal punishment	17	12
Put on school probation with threatened consequences if another incident occurs	62	50
Detention and/or Saturday school	71	64
Loss of student privileges	93	88
Require participation in community service	34	25
¹ Specialized school was defined for respondents as "a school that is specifically for students who were referred for disciplinary reasons. The school may also have students who were referred for other reasons. The school may be at the same location as your school."
NOTE: Reponses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2004.

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