F-120: Student Suspensions, Disciplinary Hearings and Expulsions
References:
- F-120-AR Student Suspensions, Disciplinary Hearings and Expulsions
- F-110 Student Conduct
- B-150 Appeals Concerning Student Matters
- Education Act: Sec. 11, 31, 36, 37, 42, 43, 52
- Student Expulsion Procedure
The Board of Trustees believes that respectful and responsible behaviour by all students is essential to positive learning environments. The board recognizes that when a student refuses to behave appropriately, and after reasonable effort has been made by the teacher and administrators, which may include restorative practice, to help the student behave, or where the student’s behaviour is so severe that lesser corrective action would be insufficient, then a suspension and/or disciplinary hearing and ultimately, expulsion may become necessary.
When a principal recommends the expulsion of a student, whether it be from riding a school bus, attending a particular school, or attending any school within the division, the decision on that recommendation should be made by certificated staff, as per section 36 of the Education Act, who have significant experience in dealing with students in classroom and extra-curricular settings. In response to this belief, the board hereby exercises its authority under section 52(1)(b) of the Education Act to delegate all responsibility for dealing with recommendations for the expulsion of a student to a committee to be called the Disciplinary Hearing Committee. This committee shall be composed of the superintendent, deputy superintendent, and associate superintendent(s) (the “Core Members”), plus three additional certificated staff who shall be appointed annually by majority vote of the Core Members to serve on the Discipline Hearing Committee for one school year.
Decisions made by the Discipline Hearing Committee are not appealable to the board.