| BERKELEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO: Policy Subcommittee
FROM: Ty Alper and Susan Craig
DATE: June 14, 2016
SUBJECT: BP re Expulsions Attached is a clean revised draft policy governing expulsions, with comments indicating substantive changes from the previous version. These changes were made in response to the direction from the Board that the Committee received at the Board’s June 1 meeting. This version has also been vetted by the District’s legal counsel. As a reminder, the Committee has drafted this Expulsion Policy to govern the District’s response to the most egregious of student violations. This interim policy will then be incorporated into a comprehensive Student Discipline and Intervention Policy when the other pieces of such a policy are completed. When this Policy is approved by the Board, the corresponding administrative regulations (currently contained in AR 5144.1) will be revised in accordance with the policy, and the District’s discipline handbook and parent/student handbook will also be revised in accordance with the policy. We look forward to discussing the revisions at the June 14 Committee meeting and ensuring that they reflect the will of the Board as expressed at the June 1 meeting. Here is the timeline for approval of this policy: Proposed Timeline 1/26/16 First discussion of expulsion policy in Policy Subcommittee 2/26/16 Second discussion of expulsion policy in Policy Subcommittee 4/8/16 Third discussion of expulsion policy in Policy Subcommittee 5/4/16 Fourth discussion of expulsion policy in Policy Subcommittee 5/18/16 Fifth discussion of expulsion policy in Policy Subcommittee; vote to refer to the Board for First Reading 6/1/16 First Reading of expulsion policy at School Board 6/14/16 Sixth discussion of expulsion policy in Policy Subcommittee 6/29/16 Second Reading/Approval of expulsion policy at School Board
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