The attendance policy of a school district may not exclude a student from one or more classes or from a school for more than ten consecutive school days without providing the due process procedures in this chapter or chapter 24:07:03.

24:05:26.01:07.01. Authority of school personnel -- Weapons, drugs, and serious bodily injury. School district personnel shall follow the procedures under § 24:05:26:08.01 if an expulsion is anticipated because of a student's violation of rules or policies pertaining to weapons and drugs.

24:05:26.01:07.02. Authority of hearing officer. The authority of a hearing officer, in an expedited due process hearing, described under § 24:05:26:08.02, applies if an expulsion is anticipated because a student's behavior is substantially likely to result in injury to the student or to others.

24:05:26.01:07.03. Parental notification. On the date on which the decision is made to make a removal that constitutes a change of placement of a student with a disability because of a violation of a code of student conduct, the school district must notify the parents of that decision and provide the parents the procedural safeguards notice described in chapter 24:05:30.

Source: 33 SDR 236, effective July 5, 2007.

General Authority: SDCL 13-37-1.1.

Law Implemented: SDCL 13-37-1.1.