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Reason for Expulsion (JDE)

  • Any student in grades six through twelve found guilty of being in possession of tobacco, alcohol, or vaping product on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored event may be recommended for expulsion.
  • Notwithstanding any public-school state or local policies, a student in grades six through twelve who is suspended a third time within the same school year for any offense, excluding those related to dress code or tardiness, shall be recommended for expulsion
  • In accordance with federal regulations, a student determined to have brought a weapon to a school under the School Board's jurisdiction shall be expelled for four complete semesters. A weapon, in accordance with federal statutes, means a firearm or any device which is designed to expel a projectile or any destructive device, which in turn means any explosive, incendiary or poison gas, bomb, grenade, rocket, missile, mine or similar device.
  • Any student in grades pre-kindergarten through five, after being suspended on three (3) occasions for committing drugs or weapons offenses during the same school year, shall, upon committing the fourth offense, be expelled from all the public schools of the system until the beginning of the next regular school year, and the student's reinstatement shall be subject to the review and approval of the School Board.
  • The conviction of any student of a felony or the incarceration of any student in a juvenile institution for an act which had it been committed by an adult would be a felony, may be cause for expulsion of the student for a period of time as determined by the School Board; such expulsions shall require the vote of two-thirds (⅔) of the elected members of the School Board, shall not be for a period of time longer than the student's period of adjudication as determined by the applicable court presiding over the student's criminal matter, and shall run concurrent to the student's period of disposition. If the student was serving an expulsion period when the student was incarcerated for a separate offense and the student completes the period of incarceration with time left in the expulsion period, the Superintendent or his/her designee may require the student to serve the time left in the expulsion period.