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Piedmont Community Charter board approves "exclusion" option as alternative to expulsion

Piedmont Community Charter School Board of Directors · January 21, 2026
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Summary

The board unanimously approved a charter amendment adding an "exclusion" disciplinary option intended as an alternative to long-term suspension or expulsion; the change requires a charter amendment and updates to Series 300 policies and will not be used until next year.

The Piedmont Community Charter School Board of Directors voted unanimously Jan. 20 to amend the school's charter to add an "exclusion" disciplinary option that offers administrators an alternative to long-term suspension or expulsion.

Speaker 6, a governance committee member, told the board the committee met on Jan. 12 and proposed language under subparagraph b to allow exclusion in serious discipline situations that would otherwise lead to…

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