Behavioural contracts are usually drawn up as a condition when a student goes back to school after they’ve been suspended. See the chapter, “Stand-downs, suspensions exclusions, and expulsions”
The contract should be negotiated with you and your parents and whānau, rather than simply given to you. It should be a two-way agreement, recognising the school’s duty to provide you with guidance and counselling, as well as the conditions that you and your parents and whānau agree to.
The contract should say exactly what’s expected of you, and set out some goals. These should be reasonable, realistic and achievable – you shouldn’t be set up to fail.
If you breach the contract, the principal might ask the school board to hold another meeting to discuss the situation. It shouldn’t be a condition of the contract that you must be taken out of the school if you don’t keep to the contract.