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Policy committee advances updated suspension, expulsion and student due-process policy to full board
Summary
The Danbury School District policy committee voted to send an updated CABE model policy on suspension, expulsion and student due process (Policy 5114) to the full Board of Education for a first read after committee members discussed restorative practices, equity language and alignment with Connecticut law.
The Danbury School District policy committee voted to recommend that the full Board of Education take a first read of the district’s revised Policy 5114 on suspension, expulsion and student due process.
The policy committee advanced the CABE (Connecticut Association of Boards of Education) model policy, which staff said “matches, exactly with rules and regulations and current Connecticut state statute,” and which committee members discussed for clarity on restorative practices, equity and how expulsions are described.
Committee members and administrators said the updated policy is more explicit than the prior version but does not change the legal circumstances under which expulsions may…
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