Disciplinary data collection is performed because each year, the NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) requires schools to complete the North Carolina Disciplinary Data Collection Form for out of school suspensions and offenses of school crime and violence. State laws require that out of school suspensions and law violations are reported to the State Board of Education. Principals must document acts of disruption, crime, and violence on their school property or at school-sponsored events. School administrators report into an internet database, PowerSchool, the number of offenses that result in school-based consequences, in-school suspensions, and out of school suspensions, including the number of acts of crime and violence that occur on their school campus or at school events.