PIMS Manual_Vol 1_V1.0 - Sayre Area School District

Pennsylvania Information
Management System
Pennsylvania
Department of Education
Discipline Domain
LEAs are required to submit the following templates within the Discipline Domain:
• Incident
• Person
• Incident Offender
• Incident Offender Infraction
• Incident Offender Disciplinary Action
• Incident Offender Parent Involvement
• Incident Victim
This domain is used to track School Safety incidents involving all students (including special education students). An incident is defined as a specific
act or offense involving one or more victims and one or more offenders. A reportable incident includes one or more acts of misconduct, involving one
or more offenders violating criteria defined under Pennsylvania’s Act 26 of 1995. These include, but are not limited to, any behavior that violates a
school’s educational mission or climate of respect or jeopardizes the intent of the school to be free of aggression against persons or property, drugs,
weapons, disruptions, and disorder. Examples are incidents involving acts of violence, possession of a weapon, or the possession, use or sale of a
controlled substance, alcohol, or tobacco by any person on school property, at school-sponsored events, and on school transportation to and from
school.
As indicated above, not all incidents are to be reported in these Discipline Domain templates to PIMS. For example, academic incidents such as
cheating or plagiarism are not to be reported here. (Note that these types of incidents may need to be reported in aggregate in the Location Fact
template if they result in an expulsion or out of school suspension, though. Please refer to that section.) See Appendix Z in Volume 2 of the PIMS
User Manual for a list of the infractions that are to be reported in these Discipline Domain templates.
If a school has no reportable School Safety incidents for the entire school year a record indicating this must be entered in the Location Fact
template. Please refer to that section.
Note that an incident is to be reported by the entity that provides the discipline. For example, if a reportable incident occurs in the confines of a class
offered by an IU the IU should report the incident if the IU disciplines the student. If the student is referred to the district of residence (home district)
for discipline, the district of residence should report the incident.
This domain only applies to the following organizational types:
• School Districts
• Intermediate Units
• Career and Technology Centers
• Charter Schools
Version 1 Page 66
Published 7/21/2010