37-3-91 - Regional behavioral institutes; discipline and classroom management strategies; participation.
§ 37-3-91. Regional behavioral institutes; discipline and classroom management strategies; participation.
(1) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for such purpose, the State Department of Education may establish regional behavioral institutes for the purpose of providing state-of-the-art training to teachers and administrators in discipline and classroom management strategies.
(2) Any school district may volunteer to participate in a regional behavioral institute. However, the State Department of Education may require a school district to participate in a regional behavioral institute if the department determines that such participation is in the best interest of the school district based upon:
(a) Complaints received and determined by the department to be valid which relate to disciplinary problems in the school district;
(b) Any visit to the school by representatives of the department which indicates disciplinary problems in the school district; or
(c) A review of reports submitted by a school district to the department which indicates disciplinary problems in the school district.
Sources: Laws, 1998, ch. 544, § 12, eff from and after passage (approved April 13, 1998).