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Board hears detailed review of student discipline, expulsion rules and timelines
Summary
District staff walked trustees through pupil discipline procedures, legal thresholds for expulsions and strict timelines for hearings and readmission; trustees pressed staff about how drug sales, stipulated agreements and transportation between sites affect disciplinary outcomes.
Pat, a district presenter, gave trustees a step‑by‑step briefing on the district’s pupil discipline process, focusing on when expulsions may be recommended and what timelines the district must follow.
District staff framed expulsion as “your authority to exclude a child from our school system for up to a calendar year depending on the ed code violation,” and emphasized that expelled students must still be provided education during that term. Pat told the board the district follows board policy and administrative regulations and that Education Code references included in the handout drive which offenses require a mandatory recommendation and which are discretionary.
Why it matters: trustees make the final decision to expel and must rely on law and hearing outcomes. Pat said the district must meet secondary findings…
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