Every time the school sends your child home early, shortens the day, or suspends — it counts. Add each removal below and this counter keeps the running total families are usually missing when it matters. It runs entirely in your browser: nothing you enter is stored or sent anywhere.
One school day = 360 minutes. A full-day removal counts as 1 day; a partial removal counts its minutes ÷ 360 (never more than 1 per event). Count removals within one school year. Federal rules (34 CFR 300.536) provide that a series of removals totaling more than 10 school days in a school year may amount to a disciplinary change of placement when the removals form a pattern — judged on their total length, the child's behavior, and how close together they happened. This tool adds up days; whether a pattern exists is a determination it does not make.
Ohio families: Ohio's rules (OAC 3301-51-05) follow this same federal counting framework, and a manifestation determination review is due within 10 school days of a decision to change a child's placement for a disciplinary removal (Ohio form PR-03). Ohio has no separate rule defining informal removals like early pickups — one more reason the family's own count matters.
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RoomRecord builds the full record around this count — what was said vs. written in meetings, the notices the rules require, and IEP minutes promised vs. delivered — checked by the same software that runs this counter, designed from 14+ years on the school side of the table. The founding cohort is open: families build their record free, and the assembled Evidence Packet is $99 per case.
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One school day = 360 minutes; a partial removal counts minutes ÷ 360, capped at 1 per event. Counted within one school year.
General information, not legal advice. This document organizes your own records and states general rules with citations. It does not determine your child's legal position. For advice about your child's situation, consult a special education advocate or attorney.
General information, not legal advice. This page organizes your own records and states general rules with citations. It does not determine your child's legal position. For advice about your child's situation, consult a special education advocate or attorney.