This policy shall be applied in a manner consistent with the rights secured under Federal and State law to students who are determined to be eligible for special education program and services.

A teacher is authorized to immediately remove and suspend a student from a class, subject or activity when the student engages in conduct prohibited by law, Board of Education policy, or the school’s Student Code of Conduct.

Any student suspended pursuant to this policy shall not be allowed to return to the class, subject, or activity from which s/he was suspended from until the passage of one (1) full school day from the time of the student’s infraction unless otherwise permitted by the teacher who ordered the suspension and the Building Principal.

Students attending separate class periods throughout the school day shall be permitted during the term of the suspension to attend other classes taught by other teachers only when the student’s conduct does not rise to the level of requiring a multiple day suspension or expulsion in accordance with Board of Education policy and the school’s Student Code of Conduct.

Any student suspended from the same class, subject, or activity for ten (10) accumulative school days during the school year shall be given a formal procedural hearing for each additional suspension beyond the ninth (9^th) school day in accordance with due process requirements required by Board policy for suspensions of ten (10) school days or more.

This policy shall be applied in a manner consistent with the rights secured under Federal and State law to students who are determined to be eligible for special education program and services.

Adopted 8/28/07