1. (a) School boards and chartered public schools shall establish policies on school discipline as required by RSA 193:13, XI.
2. (b) Prior to the imposition of any suspension or expulsion, each school board or board of trustees of a chartered public school shall adopt a policy under RSA 189:15 which prescribes the matter that pupils and the parents or guardians of pupils shall receive written notice of the content of RSA 193:13 and any local district policy pertaining to pupils. At minimum, the school district or chartered public school shall make its policy available as outlined in RSA 193:13, XII.
3. (c) A school board or board of trustees that expels a pupil under RSA 193:13, II or IV, shall set forth in writing the act leading to the expulsion and the board’s consideration of each of the factors for expulsion as set forth in RSA 193:13, III-a, and shall provide a procedure for review as allowed under RSA 193:13, III-b.
4. (d) If a pupil is subject to expulsion and a firearm is involved, the superintendent or chartered school director shall contact local law enforcement officials.

5. (e) If a pupil brings or possesses a firearm in a safe school zone without written authorization from the superintendent or chartered school director, the following shall apply:

   1. (1) The superintendent or chartered public school director shall suspend the pupil for a period not to exceed 10 school days, pending a hearing by the school board or board of trustees; and
   2. (2) The school board or board of trustees shall hold a hearing within 10 days to determine whether the pupil was in violation of RSA 193:13, IV and therefore is subject to expulsion.

Source. #6109, eff 10-28-95; ss by #6366, eff 10-30-96; amd by #6820, eff 9-1-98; ss by #7513, eff 7-1-01; ss by #8206, INTERIM, eff 11-18-04, EXPIRED: 5-17-05 New. #8583, eff 3-15-06; ss by #10361-B, eff 6-15-13; ss by #13854, eff 1-11-24