Essay 2

STUDENTS SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION

Students Suspension and Expulsion

Katrina Yeugelowitz

GCU

May 28, 2020

At Arizona, the due process of a student being suspected or expelled from school in respect to some circumstances that a student must have met before they are suspended or expelled from school. Before any student is subjected to either long term or short term expulsion from school, these students are assessed closely to determine if a student has been against these requirements beyond a reasonable doubt. Some of these requirements are when a student is used to displaying disruptive behavior when they are in school. Furthermore, a student can be suspended from school if they have been in continued defiance of a school of authority as this shows they are not ready to follow school rules to the latter. A student can also be expelled due to one behavior of being absent from school on a frequent basis. In other cases, a student can also be subjected to expulsion in cases where a student has determined school property through damaging and ill intentions by their actions. A student can also be expelled from school if they came along with a firearm in the school environment. This compromises the safety of others, threatening the school's ability to offer safety for other students (Chapter 4 p. 18) know your rights, retrievable from https://www.acluaz.org/sites/default/files/documents/SRHFINAL.pdf. Comment by Richard Kamerman: Unclear. This sentence does not make sense. Comment by Richard Kamerman: This citation is not properly formatted. Please review APA guidelines.

The two major categories used as criteria when expelling students is on the basis of their physical capabilities. There are physically capable students, and there are those who have some disabilities, segregation of students retrievable from https://kidslegal.org/special-education-discipline-suspensions-and-expulsions. Each of these students can be liable for an action against the school rules and regulations, which under reasonable doubt, could call for either short term or long term expulsion from school. If a student has some physical and mental disabilities, they are not treated the same under consideration of short or long term expulsion from school. A person with disabilities or mental challenges is referred to as a student under special needs, and they have more policies that protect them from facing disciplinary measures used at schools. However, these policies do not mean such a student cannot be suspended. There is a point beyond which a student under special education program have to face school disciplinary measures of their actions are beyond how they are protected. However, before a student is suspended, especially for more than two days, a student must be notified of what they are being considered to face for them to prepare hearing of their fate in a committee meeting. Comment by Richard Kamerman: But what are the rules of your local district? Comment by Richard Kamerman: What is the difference between short-term and long-term suspension?

Fortunately, the due process of expelling students from the school as a disciplinary lesson to such student conform to the Goss versus Lopez, case law retrievable from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Goss-v-Lopez. In this case ruling, the court ruled that before a school decides to send a student home following their actions that breaks the school's rules and regulations, they must be notified early enough about hearing of their court. This is fair enough as it allows students to prepare to defend themselves in case a student feels being expelled from school is too much and weighs more than what a student committed. Therefore, the expulsion of students at Arizona meets the fourth amendment, which is a directive of steps to be followed when a student is being expelled. Comment by Richard Kamerman: Highlight titles of cases with italics or quotation marks. Comment by Richard Kamerman: But what are the hearing requirements of your local district? Are they consistent with Goss v Lopez?

REFERENCES:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Goss-v-Lopez

https://kidslegal.org/special-education-discipline-suspensions-and-expulsions

https://www.acluaz.org/sites/default/files/documents/SRHFINAL.pdf

You were to review the school board policy and student handbook of a local public elementary or secondary school for information regarding their policies on short- and long-term suspensions of students. You may also obtain this information by interviewing an administrator at your chosen site.

Based on the information that you gather you were to 1) write a 500-750-word essay 2) summarizing the due process requirements prior to a short-term and a long-term suspension of a student at that site. 3) Are the due process procedures for a short-term and a long-term suspension of a student the same or different?  4) Are these requirements consistent with Goss v. Lopez? 5) Support your position with examples from case law, the U.S. Constitution, or other readings.

Katrina, you did not review the school board policy and student handbook of a local public school. You mention Arizona but do not cite any local policy. You focus on general policy from national sources. You discussed the procedures for a short-term and long-term suspension, but you did not focus on the hearing requirements. In addition, you could have explained why the local requirements are or are not consistent with Goss v Lopez. See my comments above for some suggestions.