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Staff explain suspension vs. expulsion at Lafayette Parish school board retreat; members raise concern about recent statute change
Summary
District staff clarified that long-term suspensions run 11–89 days while expulsions are 90 days or more, described separate appeal routes, and said a recent state-law change requiring expulsion after three out-of-school suspensions for some grades has driven a rise in recommended expulsions, a claim board members flagged for reconsideration.
At a Lafayette Parish School Board retreat, district staff presented the procedural difference between long-term suspension and expulsion and explained how appeals work for each.
Miss Garner, a district staff member, told board members that "a long term suspension is anything that a child can be sent to an alternative site for 11 to 89 days. By statute, an expulsion is 90 days or over." She described long-term suspensions as arising from either accumulated discipline referrals or serious level-3 or level-4 offenses and said short out-of-school suspensions typically last one to three days.
The presentation stressed that appeal routes differ by length and type of removal. Miss Garner said parents can appeal short…
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