The general assembly hereby finds that except when a student’s behavior would cause imminent harm to others in the school or when an incident requires automatic expulsion as defined by state law or a school’s conduct and discipline code, expulsion should be the last step taken after several attempts to deal with a student who […]
As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: “Behavioral management plan” means an action plan to address behavioral, attendance, and truancy issues, including appropriate services and supports that are developed in coordination with students, parents, and school personnel. “Chronic absenteeism” means a student is absent for any reason, excused or unexcused, ten […]
Each school district shall adopt policies to identify students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade who are at risk of dropping out of school due to chronic absenteeism and disciplinary actions, including classroom removal, suspension, and expulsion. The school district shall provide students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade who are identified as at risk of dropping […]
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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
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 […]
