§302A-1134  Exclusion from school.  (a) If for any reason a child becomes a detriment to the morals or discipline ofany school, the child may be precluded from attending school by the principal,with the approval of the complex area superintendent.  The department shallseek the active participation of other public and private agencies in providinghelp to these children before and after they have left school.  An appeal maybe taken on behalf of the child to the superintendent of education within ten daysfrom the date of such action.

(b)  Any child who, while attending school, isfound to be in possession of a firearm, shall be excluded from attending schoolfor not less than one year.  The due process procedures of chapter 19 of theDepartment of Education, Hawaii Administrative Rules, shall apply to any childwho, while attending school, is alleged to be in possession of a firearm.  Thesuperintendent, on a case-by-case basis, may modify the exclusion of a childfound to be in possession of a firearm while attending school.  If a child isexcluded from attending school, the superintendent shall ensure that substituteeducational activities or other appropriate assistance shall be provided.  Thesuperintendent shall submit to the United States Department of Education, thestate board of education, and the legislature an annual report indicating thenumber of students excluded, the types of firearms found in their possession,and the schools from which they were excluded.

(c)  No child who is seventeen years of age orover shall be admitted to the ninth grade of a public four-year high school,and no child who is eighteen years of age or over shall be admitted to thetenth grade of a public senior high school, except upon the written permissionof the superintendent when in the superintendent's opinion the facts warrantadmission. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2 and am c 90, §3; am L 2003, c 187, §10]