2013-2014 Civil Rights Data Collection
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A FIRST LOOK
U.S. Department of Education
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Ofce for Civil Rights
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ocrdata.ed.gov
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Chronic Student Absenteeism
Chronically absent student: a student who is absent 15 or more school
days during the school year. A student is absent if he or she is not physically
on school grounds and is not participating in instruction or instruction-related
activities at an approved off-grounds location for the school day. Chronically
absent students include students who are absent for any reason (e.g., illness,
suspension, the need to care for a family member), regardless of whether
absences are excused or unexcused.
Teacher and Stafng Equity and Other Personnel
Teacher refers to a person who provides instruction, learning experiences,
and care to students during a particular time period or in a given discipline.
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Teachers include: Regular Classroom Teachers (teach Chemistry,
English, mathematics, physical education, history, etc.); Special Education
Teachers (teach special education classes to students with disabilities);
General Elementary Teachers [teach self-contained classes in any of
grades preschool-8 (i.e., teach the same class of students all or most of
the day); team-teach (i.e., two or more teachers collaborate to teach mul-
tiple subjects to the same class of students); include preschool teachers
and kindergarten teachers]; Vocational/Technical Education Teachers
(teach typing, business, agriculture, life skills, home economics as well as
any other vocational or technical classes); teaching principals, teaching
school counselors, teaching librarians, teaching school nurses, or other
teaching administrators [include any staff members who teach at least
one regularly scheduled class per week (e.g., a librarian teaches a regu-
larly scheduled class in mathematics once a week)]; teachers of ungraded
students; Itinerant, Co-op, Traveling, and Satellite Teachers (teach at more
than one school and may or may not be supervised by someone at your
school); current Long-Term Substitute Teachers (currently lling the role of
regular teachers for four or more continuous weeks); and other teachers
who teach students in any of grades preschool-12.
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Teachers exclude: Adult Education and Postsecondary Teachers (teach
only adult education or students beyond grade 12); Short-term Substitute
Teachers (ll the role of regular or special education teachers for less than
four continuous weeks); Student Teachers; Day Care Aides/Paraprofession-
als; Teacher Aides/Paraprofessionals; and Librarians who teach only library
skills or how to use the library.
School counselor refers to a professional staff member assigned specic
duties and school time for any of the following activities: counseling with
students and parents, consulting with other staff members on learning prob-
lems, evaluating student abilities, assisting students in making education
and career choices, assisting students in personal and social development,
providing referral assistance, and/or working with other staff members in
planning and conducting guidance programs for students..
Sworn law enforcement ofcer (SLEO): A sworn law enforcement ofcer
is a career law enforcement ofcer, with arrest authority. A sworn law enforce-
ment ofcer may be considered a school resource ofcer (who is assigned to
work at a school in collaboration with school and community-based organiza-
tions). A sworn law enforcement ofcer may be employed by any entity (e.g.,
police department, school district or school).
School resource ofcer (SRO): a sworn law enforcement ofcer, with arrest
authority, whose main responsibility is to work at a school in collaboration
with school and community-based organizations. An SRO may have received
specialized training to serve in a variety of roles, including: law enforcement
ofcer, law-related educator, problem solver, and community liaison. An SRO
may be employed by any entity (e.g., police department, school district or
school).
Teacher absenteeism: A teacher was absent if he or she was not in atten-
dance on a day in the regular school year when the teacher would otherwise
be expected to be teaching students in an assigned class. This includes both
days taken for sick leave and days taken for personal leave. Personal leave in-
cludes voluntary absences for reasons other than sick leave. Administratively
approved leave for professional development, eld trips or other off-campus
activities with students should not be included.
Certied teacher refers to a teacher who has met all applicable state
teacher certication requirements for a standard certicate. A certied teacher
has a regular/standard certicate/license/endorsement issued by the state.
A beginning teacher who has met the standard teacher education require-
ments is considered to have met state requirements even if he or she has not
completed a state-required probationary period. A teacher working towards
certication by way of alternative routes, or a teacher with an emergency,
temporary, or provisional credential is not considered to have met state
requirements.
Year of teaching refers to the number of year(s) of teaching experience
including the current year but not including any student teaching or other
similar preparation experiences. Experience includes teaching in any school,
subject, or grade; it does not have to be in the school, subject, or grade that
the teacher is presently teaching.
Justice Facilities
Justice facility: a public or private facility that connes pre-adjudicated/
pre-convicted individuals, post-adjudicated/post-convicted individuals, or
both. Justice facilities include short-term (90 calendar days or less) and long-
term (more than 90 calendar days) facilities, such as correctional facilities,
detention centers, jails, and prisons. These facilities may conne juveniles
(individuals typically under 18 years of age), adults (individuals typically
18 years of age and older), or both. Some states and jurisdictions include
individuals younger than age 18 as adults due to statute/legislation and/or
justice procedures. For the purposes of the CRDC, only individuals up to 21
years of age who are conned in justice facilities are of interest.
Justice facility educational program: a program for children and youth
(not beyond grade 12) served at a justice facility that consists of credit-grant-
ing courses and classroom instruction in at minimum, basic school subjects,
such as reading, English language arts, and mathematics. Classroom
instruction in vocationally-oriented subjects may also be considered part
of the program. Neither the manufacture of goods within the facility nor
activities related to facility maintenance are considered classroom instruction.
Credit-granting refers to any course that results in a letter grade or a pass/fail
designation and is required of a student to move to the next grade level or
complete a program of study and receive a high school diploma.