Adopted:          07/21/2008

                                                                                                                         441 - Rule

School District of Prairie Farm

Due Process Hearing Guidelines

In order to ensure a student of his/her constitutional rights and the protection of due process of law, a student accused of repeated inappropriate behavior shall be given an opportunity for a hearing should the student or the student's parent/guardian desire to have one. The hearing shall be held to allow the student to contest the severity of the sanction handed down by the disciplinary authority. Upon request of the student, or the student's parent/guardian, the hearing shall be closed to the public.

The following procedural guidelines shall govern the hearing:

1. Written notice of the charges against a student shall be supplied to the student and his/her parent/guardian.

2. The hearing officer shall ascertain the facts and if the facts indicate the student's guilt, the hearing officer shall review the designated punishment to determine its fairness.

3. The parent/guardian may be present at the hearing.

4. A record shall be kept of the hearing.

5. The findings of the hearing officer shall be reduced to writing and sent to the student and his/her parent/guardian.

6. The student and his/her parent/guardian shall be made aware of their right to appeal the decision of the hearing officer to the next highest level.

Cross Ref.:       441 Student Due Process Rights