Rules for Defining Incidents
Use the following rules when defining discipline incidents using Incident Management. Please note that the order in which the elements below are listed is the order in which they should be input when entering an incident.
Incident Type |
State reportable incidents must be associated with the incident type NM State Reporting. |
Offender |
At least one offender must be defined for each incident. Multiple offenders per incident are allowed. |
Behavior |
At least one behavior (infraction) must be defined for each offender. Multiple behaviors are allowed per offender; however one of the behaviors must be the primary behavior. While there may be multiple behaviors per incident, only one can be marked as the primary behavior. |
Action |
At least one action (response) (only the most serious deemed by the District) must be associated with each primary behavior. |
Object |
Objects are NOT necessary for New Mexico state reporting. If the District chooses to define/use object codes, they must be associated with each offender. Objects are used to define the weapon used by an offender. |
Victim |
It is not necessary to define victims to report an incident, but if a victim is defined, the victim subcode must be selected (student, teacher, administrator, etc.). |
Location |
Location codes are NOT necessary for New Mexico state reporting. Location codes can be set up and used, but they will not be reported in the New Mexico Discipline domain extracts. |
Witness |
Witnesses are not reported. |
Reporter |
Reporters are not reported. |
Attribute |
Incident attributes are mandatory for New Mexico state reporting. |