DUE PROCESS
tudents shall be afforded procedural due process when the disciplinary measures of corporal punishment, short and long-term suspension and expulsion are applied. Before being punished for violation of a Board Policy or a local school rule and regulation, students shall be afforded the following minimum due process procedures:
1. The student shall be given oral or written notice of the charge(s) against him/her.
2. The evidence supporting the charge(s) shall be explained to the student.
3. The student shall be given an opportunity to represent his/ her own version of the facts concerning the charge(s).
The discipline authority (principal or teacher, etc.) may impose appropriate discipline measures immediately following the informal due process hearing stated above. When a student is facing possible long-term suspension (more than 10 days) or expulsion, the Board shall ensure that the following formal due process procedures are afforded the student:
1. The right to a hearing.
2. The right to be represented by counsel (at your expense)
3. The right to cross-examine witnesses.
4. The right to receive the Board’s decision in writing.
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