Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6A - State Board of Education › Chapter 6A-1 - FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION › Section 6A-1.0017 - School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting (SESIR)

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to
				set forth the requirements school districts and charter schools must use to
				report disruptive or criminal incidents to the Florida Department of Education
				so that the data can, in turn, be used in required state and federal reports,
				including EdFacts, the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil
				Rights Data Collection (required by
				20 U.S.C.
				3413(c)(1)), the Gun Free
				Schools Act report (required by
				20 U.S.C.
				7961(d) and (e)), the Every
				Student Succeeds Act report cards (required by 20 US.C. 6311(h)(1) and (2)),
				and state reports on Bullying and Harassment (required by Section
				1006.147, F.S.). SESIR data is
				also used to design and evaluate interventions to provide a safe learning
				environment. SESIR is not a law enforcement reporting system.
(2) Definitions.
(a) "Allegation" means a claim or assertion
				that someone has committed a SESIR incident, typically made without proof and
				prior to an investigation.
(b) "Law
				enforcement action" means that official action was taken by a School Resource
				Officer (SRO) or local law enforcement officer in response to a SESIR incident,
				including but not limited to: an arrest, referral to a civil citation or
				similar prearrest diversion program authorized by Section
				985.12, F.S., or initiation of
				an involuntary examination authorized by Section
				394.463, F.S.
(c) "Locally-defined incident" means an
				incident that is a violation of a local code of student conduct, but does not
				meet the definition of any incident reportable to SESIR.
(d) "Rank order level" means a classification
				of incidents, from Level I to Level IV, that determines which incident must be
				reported when more than one incident occurs during a single episode. The rank
				order level of each incident is noted under the incident definitions found in
				subsection (7) of this rule.
(e)
				"Related element" means a factor that was present during or contributed to the
				incident but was not the main offense. All related elements that are applicable
				are required to be reported with SESIR incidents.
(f) "Reported to law enforcement" means that
				school district or charter school staff communicated with a School Resource
				Officer (SRO) or other law enforcement official about an incident. Reporting to
				law enforcement may not always result in law enforcement action being
				taken.
(g) "School district" or
				"district" means a Florida school district, the Florida Virtual School (Section
				1002.37, F.S.), the Florida
				School for the Deaf and Blind (Section
				1002.36, F.S.), and
				Developmental Research (Laboratory) Schools (Section
				1002.32, F.S.). All reporting
				requirements in this rule also apply to charter schools, pursuant to Section
				1002.33(16)(b)10., F.S.
(h) "School
				personnel" means any person employed at a school, volunteering at a school on a
				temporary or permanent basis, or a third party that is contracted to provide
				services for the school.
(i)
				"Unsubstantiated" means that following an investigation, there is not enough
				evidence to demonstrate that the alleged incident occurred.