Procedures:
Placement in APPROVE
Procedure for students going before community control panel:
Students going to community control panel have been requested for expulsion and have not been found to have a relationship to their disability at a Manifestation Determination Conference (MDC).
The community control panel typically makes several different recommendations. They are:
Return to home school with probationary contract
Return to different school with probationary contract
Expel for requested time with services at APPROVE
For a return to any school, a conference must be held prior to starting back at school with the Alternative to Expulsion contract explained and signed.
For placement at APPROVE,
the APPROVE Teacher of Service (TOS) will contact the sending Teacher of Record (TOR), by phone or email, and set up a re-entry conference for at least 1 week prior to the student’s expected return date.
The TOR is responsible to send out a notice at least 1 week prior to the re-entry conference. A student should not return to school without the re-entry conference being held. Topics to discuss at the re-entry will include:
credits/ grades earned at APPROVE
placement upon return to school
Minutes for APPROVE would be:
English/ Language Arts, 4 days/week. 75 Minutes/day – 300 minutes/wk,
Math/ Pre-Algebra/ Algebra, 4 days/week. 75 Minutes/day – 300 minutes/wk.
Minutes would equal 100% direct service in Sp. Ed. 600 minutes/wk.
Schedule:
Session 1 (Middle School): 8:30-11:00
Session 2 (High School): 11:00-1:15
Session 3 (High School): 1:15-3:45
Procedure for students placed at APPROVE for a 45 day alternative placement:
Students may be placed at APPROVE for a 45 day period as an alternative placement if they were found to have a relationship to their disability at the Expulsion MDC. This placement is made if the expulsion request involved weapons, drugs or substantial bodily harm.
The 45 day period begins when transportation starts. It does not begin when the student shows up at APPROVE. The 45 day period is school days, not calendar days.
If the 45 day period overlaps the beginning of a new 9 week grading period, arrangements can be made to shorten the time at APPROVE with the consent of a building administrator.
The APPROVE Teacher of Service (TOS) will contact the sending Teacher of Record (TOR), by phone or email, and set up a re-entry conference for at least 1 week prior to the student’s expected return date.
A re-entry conference should be scheduled for 45 days after a student is assigned to APPROVE. A student should not return to school without the re-entry conference being held. Topics to discuss at the re-entry will include
credits/ grades earned at APPROVE
placement upon return to school
Minutes for APPROVE would be:
English/ Language Arts, 4 days/week. 75 Minutes/day – 300 minutes/wk,
Math/ Pre-Algebra/ Algebra, 4 days/week. 75 Minutes/day – 300 minutes/wk.
Minutes would equal 100% direct service in Sp. Ed. 600 minutes/wk.
Schedule:
Session 1 (Middle School): 8:30-11:00
Session 2 (High School): 11:00-1:15
Session 3 (High School): 1:15-3:45