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Resident urges district to strengthen student suspension due process after spike in short-term suspensions
Summary
A resident told the Barre Unified Union School District #97 board that student handbooks do not meet Vermont statutory and State Board of Education rule requirements for suspension hearings and urged the district to improve due process after reported increases in short-term suspensions.
Steve Thompson, a resident, told the Barre Unified Union School District #97 board at its meeting that district student handbooks fall short of Vermont statutory and State Board of Education requirements for suspension procedures and called for the district to emphasize student due process rights.
Thompson cited state law and agency guidance, saying the teacher-appeal statute in Title 16 and provisions for student suspension hearings require certain notice and opportunity to be heard. He said the Vermont…
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