How will the student discipline collection work? What student data will be collected?
All school districts will take part in the student discipline collection beginning with the 2006-2007 school year. The collection will include data such as the types of behaviors that lead to suspensions and expulsions (drugs, alcohol, weapons, assault, endangering behavior, violations of school rules), how often these occur, and for how long students are removed from school. It will also include whether or not students received educational services while they were removed and whether or not students returned to school. • Will student privacy be protected? How? Protecting student privacy is the highest priority of the student discipline collection. Wisconsin residents have regarded the privacy of student records as extremely important. Privacy will be protected by including the data in the Individual Student Enrollment System (ISES). Under ISES, student records are expected to be as secure or more secure than most districts now keep them. DPI will minimize the amount of confidential da