Iowa schools are required by the Iowa Department of Education (IDE), under federal and state law, to maintain student discipline records that include specific state-reportable information for fiscal audits and program evaluation. jmc’s Discipline module is designed with these requirements in mind, with all SRI-required fields built directly into the system.
This built-in guidance removes guesswork and helps ensure every discipline record is complete, accurate, and state compliant.
To begin using jmc Discipline for SRI reporting, go to Discipline > Data > Edit Student Discipline in jmc Office.
Editing Student Discipline Records for State Reporting
The Edit Student Discipline page in the Discipline module is your central workspace for creating complete, state-compliant discipline records. jmc guides you step by step through the process, clearly highlighting required, reportable fields—such as Problem Behavior and Action—so you can be confident that each record includes all information required for SRI reporting.
Problem Behavior: State-defined behaviors (marked with an asterisk) that determine whether a discipline record is reportable. Certain behaviors—such as Physical Aggression with Injury—trigger conditionally required fields that must be completed before the record can be finalized.
Action: The school’s response to the problem behavior. State-defined actions (also marked with an asterisk) must accompany a reportable problem behavior to create a state-reportable record. Some actions—such as In-School Suspension—may require additional details, like Removal Length, to complete the record.
Conditionally Required Fields: Additional details required by the state based on the selected problem behavior or action. For example, selecting a behavior such as Weapon Related may require you to specify a Weapon Type to fully document the incident.
Incidents: Once the problem behavior, action, and all required details are completed, jmc automatically assigns an incident number. If multiple students are involved, the same incident number can be used to link perpetrators and victims to a single event, ensuring consistent state reporting.
Discipline Reporting
State-reportable discipline records are shared with the state through the SIF Agent as part of regular SRI reporting. When data is properly configured, information is automatically shared with Iowa Department of Education–affiliated systems, such as Panorama Student Success, for seamless reporting.
jmc also provides built-in reports to help identify and resolve data quality issues that could prevent discipline records from being successfully reported.
SIF Validations: A jmc report that identifies data issues—such as errors or missing information in student discipline records—that prevent data from being sent to the Iowa Department of Education, along with guidance for correcting them.
Discipline Incidents: A jmc Office report that displays all student discipline incidents in a single, easy-to-review list. This report helps identify missing or incomplete information, such as required state-reportable problem behaviors or actions.