Discipline

Reminder that when students are suspended at home, they still have educational rights. 

AB 982

If a student is suspended for more than one day, CA Ed Code states they should be either:

• Provided with missing work or makeup work replacing in class assignments. 

• Excused from classwork with no grade penalty. 

Removing a student from the classroom is considered an in-school suspension. 

ARTICLE 1. Suspension or Expulsion [48900 - 48927]  ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 498, Sec. 91. )

48910 (a) A teacher may suspend any pupil from class, for any of the acts enumerated in Section 48900, for the day of the suspension and the day following. The teacher shall immediately report the suspension to the principal of the school and send the pupil to the principal or the designee of the principal for appropriate action. If that action requires the continued presence of the pupil at the ​school site, the pupil shall be under appropriate supervision, as defined in policies and related regulations adopted by the governing board of the school district. As soon as possible, the teacher shall ask the parent or guardian of the pupil to attend a parent-teacher conference regarding the suspension. If practicable, a school counselor or a school psychologist may attend the conference. A school administrator shall attend the conference if the teacher or the parent or guardian so requests. The pupil shall not be returned to the class from which he or she was suspended, during the period of the suspension, without the concurrence of the teacher of the class and the principal.