In Lieu of Expulsion Process for Elementary Students

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Expulsion Policy
In Lieu of Expulsion Process for Elementary Students


•	Overview
•	Fact Sheet

Overview
The Board of Education and San Diego City Schools recognize the importance of enforcing consistent discipline procedures to ensure that elementary school students (Grades K-6) who commit serious offenses, but are not recommended for expulsion, receive appropriate interventions to address poor conduct.

Under the California Education Code and current district policy, elementary school principals must recommend expulsion for the following mandatory offenses:

Possessing, selling or furnishing a firearm (real, not a replica)
Brandishing (showing) a knife at another person
Selling a controlled substance (does not include alcohol)
Commit or attempt to commit sexual assault or sexual battery
Possession of an explosive

However, elementary principals have discretion to determine whether to recommend a student for expulsion if he or she commits a non-mandatory serious offense. For this process, a "serious offense" is defined as:

Willfully causing serious injury, except in self-defense
Third offense for fighting
Assault or battery on any school employee
Robbery or extortion
Possessing, selling or furnishing an imitation firearm, knife or dangerous object
Fourth offense for possessing or using a tobacco or nicotine product
First offense for furnishing a controlled or prohibited substance
Possessing an amount of controlled or prohibited substance for more than personal use
Third offense for possessing, using or being under the influence of a controlled or prohibited substance

Principals may recommend a student for expulsion for any of these serious offenses, but at the minimum, principals are required to suspend for five (5) days any student who has committed a serious offense. If they choose suspension only, principals are also required to convene a site multidisciplinary team to determine appropriate interventions for addressing the student’s conduct. Members of the team may include counselors, teachers, nurses, school psychologists, parents and other school site support personnel.

Suggested interventions include daily contact between the school site and the student’s parents, referral to a district counselor or a community agency, individual or small group counseling, growth groups, parent community system, parent education classes, behavior contracts, tutoring or other academic interventions, mentoring programs, a review of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for special education students and other available school site interventions.

Principals are required to convene the multidisciplinary team to prepare an intervention plan within 15 days of the offense. Following this meeting, the principal must complete the IN LIEU OF EXPULSION FORM and submit the original to their Instructional Leader and a copy to the Placement and Appeal Office. The Board will receive quarterly reports concerning compliance with this process by each elementary school. School reporting questions should be addressed to the Instructional Leaders, as they monitor compliance with these procedures.

Fact Sheet

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