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Board votes to expel student after closed hearing, citing West Virginia code and state education policy
Summary
During an executive session the Lincoln County Board of Education voted 5–0 to expel a student after a student-discipline hearing; the board cited West Virginia code and Department of Education policy as the legal basis for the action.
The Lincoln County Board of Education voted 5–0 on May 6 to expel a student following a closed student-discipline hearing held in executive session.
The board conducted the hearing during an executive session and returned to open session to take action. The board recorded that the student-discipline hearing was held "in accordance with West Virginia code 18A-5-1a and 61-7-2 and West Virginia Department of Education policy 43 73," and a motion to expel the student was adopted by a 5–0 vote.
Board members followed the executive-session motion with a public vote in open session. The meeting minutes show the motion was seconded and the board chair called for the vote; the board recorded five affirmative votes and no dissent.
The board did not discuss details of the underlying hearing in open session. The action and the statutes cited were read into the record by the chair after the executive session; the board did not provide further public details about the incident, stating the matter had been handled in the closed hearing.
Discussion versus decision: the hearing and deliberations occurred in executive session; the formal decision (expulsion) was recorded in open session with a 5–0 vote.
