referral

noun

1. The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.“The insurance company insists I get a referral from my regular doctor. I can't just go to the specialist; a GP has got to refer me.”
2. A document used by schools detailing some form of a student's misbehavior and listing the actions taken before and after the student's receipt of the referral.“After misbehaving in class, George was given a referral for disrupting class and sent to the office.”