Student Services
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Safe Schools
- A Comprehensive Approach to Bullying Prevention
- Safe Schools for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students
- Resources to Reduce and Respond to Sexual Violence in Schools
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- School Attendance Improvement (Absenteeism and Truancy Prevention)
- Discipline, Suspensions, and Expulsions
- Crime Statistics Reporting
- Confidentiality, Consent, and Student Records
- Grooming and Boundary Violation Prevention Training
- School Resource Officers
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Pupil Services
- Wisconsin Pupil Services Evaluation System
- Comprehensive School Counseling Programs
- School Nursing and Health Services
- School Psychology
- School Social Work
- Medicaid Information for Pupil Services
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School Mental Health
- Mental Health E-Learning
- Wisconsin School Mental Health Framework
- Mental Health Literacy
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Social and Emotional Learning
- Social and Emotional Learning Contact Information
- Social and Emotional Learning Roadmap
- Wisconsin Social and Emotional Learning Competencies
- Social and Emotional Learning Theory of Action
- Social and Emotional Learning Training Opportunities
- Case Studies and Exemplars of Practice
- Introduction to Adult SEL
- Social and Emotional Learning Alignment and Connections
- Social and Emotional Learning for Students
- Social and Emotional Learning Assessment
- Build Your Social and Emotional Learning Expertise
- Mental/Behavioral Health Screening
- Youth Suicide Prevention
- Mental Health - Trauma Sensitive Schools
- Resiliency
- Get Kids Ahead Initiative
- School-Based Mental Health Services State Funding
- Federal School-Based Mental Health Professionals Grant
- Aid for School Mental Health Programs
- Project AWARE
- Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Program
- Coordinated School Health (CSH)
- Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant Program
- School-Age Parents
- Student Services Resources
- State and Federal Laws Related to Student Services
- Requirements for School Staff
- Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) Stronger Connections Grant Program
- Military Children and Families Resources
Discipline, Suspensions, and Expulsions
Discipline and Expulsions
School discipline policies and procedures are largely managed by the staff handbook, local school district board, and administrators. School districts often have school board policies and student handbook information on their website. Parents may also request information on school board policies from school staff.
The Department of Public Instruction provides consultation, technical assistance, and resources to support schools in responding to school rule violations. DPI encourages the use of restorative practices that focus on learning, repairing harm, and community connection.
Below are resources to help school staff and caregivers better understand discipline and expulsion laws.
Resources:
Previous expulsion decisions by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction are found in the expulsion decision report.
- Answers to Frequently Asked School Discipline Questions
- Alternatives to Expulsion: Case Studies of Wisconsin School Districts
- Information for parents of expelled students. My Child's Been Expelled...Now What? (2019)
- 2025-26 Virtual Charter Schools Accepting Expelled Students
- Multiple Responses, Promising Results: Evidence-Based, Nonpunitive Alternatives to Zero Tolerance
- Samples: 1) Checklist for expulsion process, 2) letter of expulsion hearing notice, 3) a cover letter to accompany the expulsion order, and 4) an expulsion order. These are examples, and local school boards under guidance of competent counsel should adapt them to their own district policy and practices.
- Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension Policies in Early Childhood Settings
- Inclusive Strategies to Address Behavioral Needs for Students with IEPs: This professional learning series provides resources and strategies to help adults address the behavioral needs of students with IEPs in educational settings. Series content is connected to related state and national educational frameworks and aligns with related state and federal legal requirements.