Table 11. Percentage of public middle 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 middle 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	52	18
Transfer to specialized school for disciplinary reasons¹	82	55
Transfer to another regular school for disciplinary reasons	36	19
Removal with school-provided tutoring/at-home instruction for at least the remainder of the year	64	28

Suspension or removal for less than the remainder of the year
Out-of-school suspension or removal
No curriculum/services provided	81	74
Curriculum/services provided	79	63
In-school suspension
No curriculum/services provided	18	11
Curriculum/services provided	83	79

Provide instruction or counseling to reduce problems
Referral to school counselor	98	98
Assigned to program designed to reduce disciplinary problems
During school hours	64	59
Outside of school hours	46	36

Punishment or withdrawal of services
Loss of school bus privileges due to misbehavior	94	87
Corporal punishment	15	11
Placement on school probation with threatened consequences if another incident occurs	71	64
Detention and/or Saturday school	89	86
Loss of student privileges	96	95
Requirement of participation in community service	41	34
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. Middle schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not lower than grade 4 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 9.
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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