DISCIPLINE( continued)
Procedures Governing Suspension( continued)
1. Unless an emergency situation exists, no student shall be suspended prior to having an informal hearing before the responsible administrator or the administrator’ s designee at which the student is informed of the alleged misconduct and given an opportunity to respond. In the event of an emergency, the informal hearing shall be held as soon after the suspension as possible.
2. If suspended, such suspension shall be an in-school suspension, except the responsible administrator or the administrator’ s designee may impose an out-of-school suspension on any student:
a. in grades three to twelve, inclusive, if, during the informal hearing,( i) the responsible administrator or the administrator’ s designee determines that the student poses such a danger to persons or property or such a disruption of the educational process that the student should be excluded from school during the period of suspension; or( ii) the responsible administrator or the administrator’ s designee determines that an out-ofschool suspension is appropriate based on evidence of( A) the student’ s previous disciplinary problems that have led to suspensions or expulsion of such student, and( B) previous efforts by the District Administration to address the student’ s disciplinary problems through means other than out-of-school suspension or expulsion, including positive behavioral support strategies, or
b. in grades preschool to two, inclusive, if the responsible administrator or the administrator’ s designee:
i. determines that an out-of-school suspension is appropriate for such student based on evidence that such student’ s conduct on school grounds is behavior that caused physical harm;
ii. requires that such student receives services that are trauma-informed and developmentally appropriate and align with any behavioral intervention plan, individualized education program(“ IEP”) or plan pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973(“ Section 504”) for such student upon such student ' s return to school immediately following the out-of-school suspension; and
iii. considers whether to convene a Planning and Placement Team(“ PPT”) meeting for the purposes of conducting an evaluation to determine whether such student may require special education or related services.
3. Evidence of past disciplinary problems that have led to removal from a classroom, suspension, or expulsion of a student who is the subject of an informal hearing may be received by responsible administrator or the administrator’ s designee, but only considered in the determination of the length of suspensions.
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