INTEGRITY EDUCATIONAL CENTER

I: MANAGEMENT CAPACITY
SUSPENSION- EXPULSION OF STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS
When suspensions involve a student who has been identified as an individual with a disability, or
for whom the charter school has a basis on knowledge of a suspected disability pursuant to the
individuals with disabilities Act ("IDEA") or who qualifies for services under section 504 of the
Rehabilitation ACT of 1973 ("Section 504"), a manifestation determination meeting shall be held no later
than the 10`11 suspension day (whether consecutive or cumulative for the school year) or upon the
commencement expulsion proceedings. The manifestation determination meeting shall include OUSD,
the parent and the relevant members of the student's IEP Team (as determined by the parent and OUSD).
Integrity Educational Center will follow the requirements of State and Federal laws regarding
spension, expulsion of Special Education students, including but not limited to the requirements that a
aifestation
determination be made prior to any change of placement. While Special Education students
are subject to suspension on the same grounds as general education students, special education students
may be suspended for up to, but not more than ten consecutive school days if he or she poses an
immediate threat to the safety of himself, herself, or others. Suspension will be imposed only when other
means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct. This will be done through a positive behavior
intervention plan developed by the IEP team. In the event that a special education student commits one of
the acts enumerated in the grounds for suspension or expulsion, she or he is subject to expulsion only if all
of the following conditions are met:
• The IEP team determines that misconduct was not caused by, or was not a direct manifestation of,
the student's identified disability.
• The team determines that the student had been appropriately placed at the time the misconduct
occurred. In order to make this determination, a manifestation determination meeting will be held.
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