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disciplinary (adj.)

"promoting orderly observance of rules," 1590s, from Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina "instruction given, teaching," also "military discipline" (see discipline (n.)).

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Definitions of disciplinary from WordNet

disciplinary (adj.)
relating to discipline in behavior;
disciplinary problems in the classroom
disciplinary (adj.)
relating to a specific field of academic study;
economics in its modern disciplinary sense
disciplinary (adj.)
designed to promote discipline;
the mother was stern and disciplinary
Synonyms: corrective / disciplinal
From wordnet.princeton.edu