Does the District have a policy for continuing the education of suspended or expelled students?
• • The School Board’s basic attendance policy does not address a Reentry Program. However, in 1994 the Board approved the Safe Schools policy, and one of its provisions is the expectation that secondary suspended or expelled students will enroll in the Reentry Program to continue their education and receive instruction in anger/conflict management and other behavior improvements. • Because the District has the Reentry Program for disciplined students, students who elect not to attend the Reentry Program may be considered to be truant, and they may have a truancy petition filed on them in Juvenile Court. • The idea is that all students should be in an educational setting and/or getting credit toward graduation, even those who cannot attend a regular school because of being suspended or expelled. Also, if their offense requires instruction in a Behavior Modification program, this is the way the District provides B-Mod instruction for free. • A student could enroll in an educational prog
• • Except for Board policy D82.00 regarding the need for students to attend a behavior modification course (anger management, conflict resolution) for violent offenses, the School Board’s basic attendance policy does not address a Reentry Program. However, in 1994 the Board approved the Safe Schools policy, and one of its provisions is the expectation that secondary suspended or expelled students will enroll in the Reentry Program to continue their education and receive instruction in anger/conflict management and other behavior improvements • Because the District has the Reentry Program for disciplined students, students who elect not to attend the Reentry Program may be considered to be truant, and they may have a truancy petition filed on them in Juvenile Court. • The idea is that all students should be in an educational setting and/or getting credit toward graduation, even those who cannot attend a regular school because of being suspended or expelled. Also, if their offense requi
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