Exclusion means removal from class. Behavior that could result in exclusion includes, but is not limited to, any behavior that is considered to cause serious disruption. Repeated exclusions may result in suspension from school.
Temporary Suspension means the denial of a student’s right to attend school, be present on school property or attend any school function for a period, not to exceed ten school days upon misconduct.
Procedure for Temporary Suspension:
1. Parent is notified
2. An informal hearing is held involving an administrator and the student, in which the student is advised of the misconduct with which he/she is charged and the evidence supporting the charge. The student may present his/her version of the alleged incident. At the discretion of the administrator other persons may be permitted to attend the hearing or otherwise provide information that will assist in the resolution of the charges.
3. If, at the conclusion of the informal hearing the building administrator determined that the student has engaged in misconduct, the administrator may impose a temporary suspension.
Teacher Imposed Suspension: 1999 PA 103 permitted teachers to suspend a student form any class or activity for up to one day. The teacher will send the student to the office after notifying a building administrator of the suspension immediately. The student shall not return to the teacher’s classroom for one full day without the mutual agreement of the teacher and administrator. The administrator shall determine if additional disciplinary action should be taken. The teacher shall contact the student’s parents/guardian on the day of the suspension to schedule a follow-up conference, at which the parent/guardian may request the administrator to be present. Suspended students shall not be permitted during the term of the suspension to attend other classes in the school building or extracurricular activities, unless the Principal or designee permits the student to continue the school day under appropriate supervision. Teacher imposed suspension may be given for conduct which interferes with classroom discipline or operation or jeopardizes classroom safety, insubordination, disorderliness, personal physical or verbal attacks on others, or persistent violation of class rules. The teacher shall accept for credit a suspended student’s work due on the day of suspension. This suspension must be applied in a manner consistent with the rights secured under federal and state law for students who are determined to be eligible for special education programs and services.
Long Term Suspension and Expulsion
Long Term Suspension: The denial of a student’s right to attend school, be present on school grounds or attend any school function for a period of more than ten (10) days based on the student’s misconduct. Procedure is the same as for expulsion.
Expulsion: The permanent exclusion of a student from the Huron School District based on the student’s misconduct. Misconduct for purposes of long term suspension and expulsion shall be defined as gross misdemeanor or persistent disobedience. “Gross misdemeanor” is conduct that substantially interferes with the ordinary education of other students, jeopardizes the health and safety of staff or students, represents willful disrespect or disregard for school authority, destroys school property, is disorderly, or represents an unreasonable accumulation of infractions of school rules, none of which by itself is serious enough to warrant suspension or expulsion.
Grounds for expulsion also include certain behavior specifically prohibited by the Revised School Code, including possession of a dangerous weapon, commission or arson in a school building or on school grounds, commission of criminal sexual conduct, making a bomb threat, or verbally threatening or physically assaulting a school employee, volunteer, or contractor.
Procedure:
ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR and (2) GENERAL PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR. Any student charged with illegal behavior will be dealt with immediately by the Principal or Assistant Principal and may be immediately suspended from school pending a hearing, which must take place within 72 hours. Except in the event of repeated offenses (two or more), offenses constituting General Prohibited Behavior may not be punished by suspension or expulsion, unless the Principal and the Superintendent concur in a decision for immediate suspension.
Temporary Suspension means the denial of a student’s right to attend school, be present on school property or attend any school function for a period, not to exceed ten school days upon misconduct.
Procedure for Temporary Suspension:
1. Parent is notified
2. An informal hearing is held involving an administrator and the student, in which the student is advised of the misconduct with which he/she is charged and the evidence supporting the charge. The student may present his/her version of the alleged incident. At the discretion of the administrator other persons may be permitted to attend the hearing or otherwise provide information that will assist in the resolution of the charges.
3. If, at the conclusion of the informal hearing the building administrator determined that the student has engaged in misconduct, the administrator may impose a temporary suspension.
- If, at the conclusion of the informal hearing, the building administrator determines that the student has not engaged in misconduct, the charges are dropped.
- The student or his/her parents or guardians may take an appeal to the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall review the determination of the administrator. Filling an appeal; however, shall not serve to stay the imposition of a temporary suspension imposed on the student by the administrator. Rather, in the event the Superintendent determines that the student was engaged in misconduct, such determination shall be reduced to writing and placed in the student’s record. There is no appeal of temporary suspension to the Board of Education.
- In order to return to school following an out of school suspension, the student must submit a completed reflection assignment given by the administration. It must be signed by the parent and student.
Teacher Imposed Suspension: 1999 PA 103 permitted teachers to suspend a student form any class or activity for up to one day. The teacher will send the student to the office after notifying a building administrator of the suspension immediately. The student shall not return to the teacher’s classroom for one full day without the mutual agreement of the teacher and administrator. The administrator shall determine if additional disciplinary action should be taken. The teacher shall contact the student’s parents/guardian on the day of the suspension to schedule a follow-up conference, at which the parent/guardian may request the administrator to be present. Suspended students shall not be permitted during the term of the suspension to attend other classes in the school building or extracurricular activities, unless the Principal or designee permits the student to continue the school day under appropriate supervision. Teacher imposed suspension may be given for conduct which interferes with classroom discipline or operation or jeopardizes classroom safety, insubordination, disorderliness, personal physical or verbal attacks on others, or persistent violation of class rules. The teacher shall accept for credit a suspended student’s work due on the day of suspension. This suspension must be applied in a manner consistent with the rights secured under federal and state law for students who are determined to be eligible for special education programs and services.
Long Term Suspension and Expulsion
Long Term Suspension: The denial of a student’s right to attend school, be present on school grounds or attend any school function for a period of more than ten (10) days based on the student’s misconduct. Procedure is the same as for expulsion.
Expulsion: The permanent exclusion of a student from the Huron School District based on the student’s misconduct. Misconduct for purposes of long term suspension and expulsion shall be defined as gross misdemeanor or persistent disobedience. “Gross misdemeanor” is conduct that substantially interferes with the ordinary education of other students, jeopardizes the health and safety of staff or students, represents willful disrespect or disregard for school authority, destroys school property, is disorderly, or represents an unreasonable accumulation of infractions of school rules, none of which by itself is serious enough to warrant suspension or expulsion.
Grounds for expulsion also include certain behavior specifically prohibited by the Revised School Code, including possession of a dangerous weapon, commission or arson in a school building or on school grounds, commission of criminal sexual conduct, making a bomb threat, or verbally threatening or physically assaulting a school employee, volunteer, or contractor.
Procedure:
- Parent is notified
- An investigation of charges of misconduct by a student will occur as well as the offer of an informal hearing involving the student, parents/guardians and administrator where the student shall be advised of the misconduct with which he/she is charged, the evidence supporting the charges and given the opportunity to present his/her version of the alleged incident. At the discretion of the administrator, other persons may be permitted to attend the hearing or otherwise provide information that will assist in the resolution of the charges.
- If, at the conclusion of the investigation of the charges by the administrator and at the conclusion of the informal hearing, the administrator determines that the student has engaged in misconduct which merits the imposition of a long term suspension or expulsion, the administrator shall recommend in writing that the student be so disciplined, identifying the basis upon which his/her recommendation is founded and shall forward such a recommendation to the Superintendent. In the event an offense has been committed, which following investigation, results in an administrative recommendation for expulsion, the Superintendent may impose a suspension pending disposition of the recommendation by the Board of Education.
- If at the conclusion of the investigation of the charges by the administrator and the conclusion of an informal hearing the building administrator determines that the student has not engaged in misconduct, all charges are dropped and records of the incident are removed from the student’s file.
- If a student, parent, or guardian does not accept the administrative decision of long term suspension or expulsion, it may be appealed to the Superintendent. The Superintendent, after hearing the appeal, may decide to support and convey a recommendation for long-term suspension or expulsion to the Board of Education. The Board of Education hearing on the matter shall be scheduled within ten (10) days following the commencement of the student’s suspension.
- Prior to the hearing the Superintendent shall notify the student and his/her parents or guardians of the recommendation for long-term suspension or expulsion, and shall invite them to appear before the Board of Education, with legal counsel if desired, on the date schedule for the hearing. The Superintendent shall notify them that the hearing shall be open or closed to the public based on their desires, and shall request a timely response as to whether they wish an open or closed hearing.
- An expulsion hearing before the Board of Education is the student’s and the parents’ opportunity to appeal the Superintendent’s recommendation for long-term suspension or expulsion. An attorney or another advisor at all hearings may represent the student or parents. There may be present at the Board of Education hearing the principal, the Board of Education attorney, and any other resource person, as the President of the Board of Education deems essential to the proper adjudication of the case. The hearing before the Board of Education may be open or closed to the public based on the desires of the student and/or parents or legal guardians. Both parties have the right to present evidence at the hearing. The hearing is not a court proceeding and court rules other than those stated in this Student Code of Conduct shall not be enforced at such hearings. At the hearing in the matter, the administrator or his/her behalf. The hearing is not bound by formal rules of evidence. The Board of Education or its hearing officer shall admit and give probative effect to evidence of a type commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent men in the conduct of their affairs. Disclosure of the identify of students providing information relative to the charges may be limited in accordance with statutes and case law concerning student discipline proceedings.
- The Board of Education may accept, reject, or modify the administrative recommendation. Within five (5) days following the hearing, the Board of Education shall in a written report provide the decision to the person initiating the appeal.
- If there is reasonable cause to believe that a student who has been charged with misconduct is a child with a disability within the meaning of Section 1401 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20USC 33, student has not previously been evaluated by the Huron School District or Wayne County RESA, such an evaluation must occur prior to the Board of Education hearing. If the student has previously been identified as disabled, or it is determined upon evaluation that the student is disabled, it shall be determined whether the events, which are the subject of the charges, were related to the student’s disability, the foregoing procedures shall resume from the point at which the student was suspended. If the incident involved is related to the student’s disability, the school shall convene an Individualized Education Program Committee to review the matter and determine the appropriate educational program for the student.
ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR and (2) GENERAL PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR. Any student charged with illegal behavior will be dealt with immediately by the Principal or Assistant Principal and may be immediately suspended from school pending a hearing, which must take place within 72 hours. Except in the event of repeated offenses (two or more), offenses constituting General Prohibited Behavior may not be punished by suspension or expulsion, unless the Principal and the Superintendent concur in a decision for immediate suspension.