Behavioral Expectations

All members of the school community—students, staff, and parents—must know and understand the standards of behavior to which all students are expected to live up, as well as the appropriate responses, if these standards are not met. 

The Citywide Behavioral Expectations to Support Student Learning (including the Discipline Code) provide descriptions of conduct that meet the standards of behavior expected of NYC students, and it also outlines conduct that does not meet these standards. It includes ranges of supports and interventions and also permissible disciplinary responses that schools may use to address misconduct. 

These Citywide Behavioral Expectations apply to all students in NYCDOE schools.