Violent and Disruptive Incidents Report
Collection of Violent and Disruptive Incidents
Data Collection | Data
Reporting |
School Safety & Accountability
- Summary VADIR Form (Summary of Violent and Disruptive
Incidents July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007) (PDF) (Word)
-
Directions
for Completing the VADIR Summary Form (Summary of Violent and
Disruptive Incidents, 2006-07) HTML
- Glossary of Terms Used in Reporting
Violent and Disruptive Incidents (HTML)
(Word)
- Frequently
Asked Questions and Answer (posted 10/12/07)
- Individual Violent
and Disruptive Incident Report Form for recording individual incidents
(PDF)
(Word)
- Easy BEDS LogIn Directions
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Federal law requires each state to determine annually
which public elementary and secondary schools are “persistently dangerous.” Each
state may set its own criteria to assess and compare levels of violence across
schools. New York bases its “persistently dangerous” determinations
on two years’ worth of VADIR data. In August 2006 New York used a “School
Violence Transitional Index” (SVTI) comprised of a sum of weighted incidents
divided by the school’s K-12 enrollment.
- Details on the calculation
of the SVTI used in 2006 to designate schools as persistently dangerous:
HTML | Word |
PDF.
Schools designated as persistently
dangerous must submit to SED an Incident Reduction Plan explaining the steps
to be taken to increase school safety. In order to be removed from the list, the school superintendent
(or chief executive officer of a charter school) must petition the Commissioner
of Education. Before the petition for removal is granted, SED will:
- Review the school’s most
recent VADIR data to verify that the school no longer meets the criteria
for designation
- Evaluate the school’s
violent incident data collection system and data extracts to ensure
that the system captures the required information and reports incidents
accurately
- Conduct a site visit to:
- Review
individual report records for reporting accuracy
- Review
progress with the implementation of the Incident Reduction Plan
- Complete
a safety walk-through to determine that the school meets acceptable standards
for safety and security
Once a school meets all of these conditions, the
Commissioner (or his designee) may grant the petition and remove the school
from the list of persistently dangerous schools.
Safe
Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) Reports
Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act Report to the Governor
and Legislature (MS Word) (December 2004)
More Information on VADIR and School Safety
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This page was last updated:
5/7/08
