Table 11. Percentage of public primary schools reporting that specified disciplinary actions were allowed, and used during the school year, by selected disciplinary actions: School year 2005

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Table 11. Percentage of public primary schools reporting that specified disciplinary actions were allowed, and used during the school year, by selected disciplinary actions: School year 2005–06

Disciplinary action	Allowed	Used during the 2005–06 school year
Removal or transfer
Removal with no continuing school services for at least the remainder of the year	40	3
Transfer to specialized school for disciplinary reasons¹	54	15
Transfer to another regular school for disciplinary reasons	37	10
Removal with school-provided tutoring/at-home instruction for at least the remainder of the year	51	4

Suspension or removal for less than the remainder of the year
Out-of-school suspension or removal
No curriculum/services provided	58	39
Curriculum/services provided	67	31
In-school suspension
No curriculum/services provided	22	10
Curriculum/services provided	74	57

Provide instruction or counseling to reduce problems
Referral to school counselor	92	88
Assigned to program designed to reduce disciplinary problems
During school hours	51	40
Outside of school hours	30	17

Punishment or withdrawal of services
Loss of school bus privileges due to misbehavior	82	64
Corporal punishment	12	9
Placement on school probation with threatened consequences if another incident occurs	49	31
Detention and/or Saturday school	56	47
Loss of student privileges	93	88
Requirement of participation in community service	22	14
¹ Specialized school was defined for respondents as "a school that is specifically for students who were referred for disciplinary reasons, although the school may also have students who were referred for other reasons. The school may be at the same location as your school."
NOTE: Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. Primary schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not higher than grade 3 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 8.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2005–06 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2006.

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