School Board of Palm Beach County
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE ADOPTION & PUBLIC HEARING
RULE TITLE: Student Expulsion.
RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.1817.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To codify procedures and standards for making and processing recommendations for the expulsion of students for serious violations of the Student Code of Conduct.
SUMMARY: Codifies uniform procedures and standards for administrators in making and processing recommendations for student expulsion; procedures for hearing officers; and standards for Board consideration of expulsion recommendations.
SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2); 1001.43(1), 1006.07, 1006.09(1)(c)2, Fla. Stat.
LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 1001.43(1)(e), 1002.20; 1006.07; 1006.08; 1006.09(1)(c)2; 1006.13, Fla. Stat.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (OPTIONAL, IF ONE HAS BEEN PREPARED): None. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.
TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm. CONTACT PERSON: Corey Smith, Esq., 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.
PERSON ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE: Corey Smith, Esq.
SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.
DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: April 19, 2004.
PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: March 29, 2004 (and Notice of Change on April 9, 2004), in The Palm Beach Post.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Adoption of the proposed rule is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on May 24, 2004, anticipated to begin at 2:15 p.m., in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.