§ 22-33-203. Educational Alternatives for Expelled Students
Upon expelling a student, the school district shall provide information to the student’s parent or guardian concerning the educational alternatives available to the student during the period of expulsion. If the parent or guardian chooses to provide a home-based educational program for the student, the school district shall assist the parent in obtaining appropriate curricula […]
§ 22-33-204. Services for At-Risk Students – Agreements With State Agencies and Community Organizations
Each school district, regardless of the number of students expelled by the district, may enter into agreements with appropriate local governmental agencies and, to the extent necessary, with the managing state agencies, including the department of human services and the department of public health and environment; with community-based nonprofit and faith-based organizations; with nonpublic schools; […]
§ 22-33-204.5. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly finds that a student who is placed in a residential child care facility or other facility licensed by the department of human services or in a hospital or who is receiving educational services through a day treatment center is, in most cases, dealing with significant behavioral and emotional issues. These issues make […]
§ 22-33-205. Services for Expelled and At-Risk Students – Grants – Criteria – Rules
There is established in the department of education the expelled and at-risk student services grant program, referred to in this section as the “program”. The program provides grants to school districts, to charter schools, to alternative schools within school districts, to nonpublic schools, to boards of cooperative services, and to facility schools to assist them […]
§ 22-33-104. Compulsory School Attendance
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, every child who has attained the age of six years on or before August 1 of each year and is under the age of seventeen years, except as provided by this section, shall attend public school for at least the following number of hours during […]
§ 22-33-104.5. Home-Based Education – Legislative Declaration – Definitions – Guidelines
The general assembly hereby declares that it is the primary right and obligation of the parent to choose the proper education and training for children under his care and supervision. It is recognized that home-based education is a legitimate alternative to classroom attendance for the instruction of children and that any regulation of nonpublic home-based […]
§ 22-33-104.7. Eligibility for the General Educational Development Tests
A student who is sixteen years of age and who submits written evidence of a need to take the high school equivalency examination to be eligible for an educational or vocational program is eligible to sit for the high school equivalency examination after complying with all statutory and regulatory requirements in regard to high school […]
§ 22-33-105. Suspension, Expulsion, and Denial of Admission
No child who has attained the age of six years and is under the age of twenty-one shall be suspended or expelled from or be denied admission to the public schools, except as provided by this article. In addition to the powers provided in section 22-32-110, the board of education of each district may: Delegate […]
§ 22-33-106. Grounds for Suspension, Expulsion, and Denial of Admission
The following may be grounds for suspension or expulsion of a child from a public school during a school year: Continued willful disobedience or open and persistent defiance of proper authority; Willful destruction or defacing of school property; Behavior on or off school property that is detrimental to the welfare or safety of other pupils […]
§ 22-33-106.1. Suspension – Expulsion – Preschool Through Second Grade – Definitions
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Charter school” means a charter school that is authorized by a school district board of education pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of this title 22 or an institute charter school that is authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 […]