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Appendix F: SuspensionSUSPENSIONPolicy of the Board of EducationBP 601.3Page 1 of 5In order to promote learning and protect the safety and well-being of all students, the Board hasestablished policies and standards of behavior. When these policies and standards are violated, itmay be necessary to suspend or expel a student from regular classroom instruction and/or bustransportation.(cf. BP 601.7 – Discipline)Removing a student from school for disciplinary reasons for more than the remainder of the dayshall be considered a suspension.Suspended or expelled students shall be excluded from all school-related curricular, extracurricular,and cocurricular activities during the period of suspension or expulsion.(cf. BP 400.35 – Extracurricular/Cocurricular Activities)Except where suspension for a first offense is warranted according to law, suspension shall beimposed only when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct (Education CodeSection 48900.5).The grounds for suspension and expulsion and the procedures for considering, recommendingand/or implementing suspension and expulsion shall be those specified in law and/or administrativeregulation.The Board supports a zero tolerance approach to serious offenses in accordance with state andfederal law. This approach makes the removal of potentially dangerous students from theclassroom a top priority and ensures the standardized treatment of all students. Staff shallimmediately report to the Superintendent or designee any incidence of offenses specified in law,Board policy, and administrative regulation as cause for suspension or expulsion.Student Due ProcessThe Board shall provide for the fair and equitable treatment of students facing suspension andexpulsion by affording them their due process rights under the law. The grounds for suspensionand the procedures for considering, recommending, and/or implementing suspension are specifiedin administrative regulation and/or law. The Superintendent or designee shall comply withprocedures for notices and appeals as specified in board policy, administrative regulation and/or law(Education Code Sections 48911, 48915, and 48915.5).(cf. BP 601.9 – Expulsion: Student Seeking Enrollment)(cf. BP 606.6 – Suspension and Expulsion/Due Process (Pupils with Disabilities))