Disciplinary Parent Conferences

If a teacher, principal, or other school employee is authorized to require the parent/legal guardian of a student to attend a conference or meeting regarding the student’s behavior, and, after notice, the parent or legal guardian willfully refuses to attend, the principal shall file a complaint according to statutory provisions with a court exercising juvenile jurisdiction. Notice of the conference specifying the time and date of the conference shall be given by contacting the parent or legal guardian by telephone at the telephone number shown on the student’s registration card or by electronic communication or by sending a certified letter to the address shown on the student’s registration card. Parents may be required to attend a conference when a student is removed from a classroom and when a student is suspended a second time within one school year. Parents shall be required to attend a conference in each case of readmitting a student to school following an out-of-school suspension or expulsion.