§ 16-2-17 Right to a safe school. –(a) Each student, staff member, teacher, and administrator has a right toattend and/or work at a school which is safe and secure, and which is conduciveto learning, and which is free from the threat, actual or implied, of physicalharm by a disruptive student. A disruptive student is a person who is subjectto compulsory school attendance who exhibits persistent conduct whichsubstantially impedes the ability of other students to learn or otherwisesubstantially interferes with the rights stated above, and who has failed torespond to corrective and rehabilitative measures presented by staff, teachers,or administrators.
(b) The school committee, or a school principal as designatedby the school committee, may suspend all pupils found guilty of this conduct orof violation of those school regulations which relate to the rights set forthin subsection (a), or where a student represents a threat to those rights ofstudents, teachers or administrators, as described in subsection (a). Nothingin this section shall relieve the school committee or school principals fromfollowing all procedures required by state and federal law regarding disciplineof students with disabilities.
(c) A student suspended under this section may appeal theaction of the school committee, or a school principal as designee, to thecommissioner of elementary and secondary education who, after notice to theparties interested of the time and place of hearing, shall examine and decidethe appeal without cost to the parties involved. Any decision of thecommissioner in these matters shall be subject to appeal by the student to theboard of regents for elementary and secondary education and any decision of theboard of regents may be appealed by the student to the family court for thecounty in which the school is located as provided in § 42-35-15.
§ 16-2-17 Right to a safe school. –(a) Each student, staff member, teacher, and administrator has a right toattend and/or work at a school which is safe and secure, and which is conduciveto learning, and which is free from the threat, actual or implied, of physicalharm by a disruptive student. A disruptive student is a person who is subjectto compulsory school attendance who exhibits persistent conduct whichsubstantially impedes the ability of other students to learn or otherwisesubstantially interferes with the rights stated above, and who has failed torespond to corrective and rehabilitative measures presented by staff, teachers,or administrators.
(b) The school committee, or a school principal as designatedby the school committee, may suspend all pupils found guilty of this conduct orof violation of those school regulations which relate to the rights set forthin subsection (a), or where a student represents a threat to those rights ofstudents, teachers or administrators, as described in subsection (a). Nothingin this section shall relieve the school committee or school principals fromfollowing all procedures required by state and federal law regarding disciplineof students with disabilities.
(c) A student suspended under this section may appeal theaction of the school committee, or a school principal as designee, to thecommissioner of elementary and secondary education who, after notice to theparties interested of the time and place of hearing, shall examine and decidethe appeal without cost to the parties involved. Any decision of thecommissioner in these matters shall be subject to appeal by the student to theboard of regents for elementary and secondary education and any decision of theboard of regents may be appealed by the student to the family court for thecounty in which the school is located as provided in § 42-35-15.
§ 16-2-17 Right to a safe school. –(a) Each student, staff member, teacher, and administrator has a right toattend and/or work at a school which is safe and secure, and which is conduciveto learning, and which is free from the threat, actual or implied, of physicalharm by a disruptive student. A disruptive student is a person who is subjectto compulsory school attendance who exhibits persistent conduct whichsubstantially impedes the ability of other students to learn or otherwisesubstantially interferes with the rights stated above, and who has failed torespond to corrective and rehabilitative measures presented by staff, teachers,or administrators.
(b) The school committee, or a school principal as designatedby the school committee, may suspend all pupils found guilty of this conduct orof violation of those school regulations which relate to the rights set forthin subsection (a), or where a student represents a threat to those rights ofstudents, teachers or administrators, as described in subsection (a). Nothingin this section shall relieve the school committee or school principals fromfollowing all procedures required by state and federal law regarding disciplineof students with disabilities.
(c) A student suspended under this section may appeal theaction of the school committee, or a school principal as designee, to thecommissioner of elementary and secondary education who, after notice to theparties interested of the time and place of hearing, shall examine and decidethe appeal without cost to the parties involved. Any decision of thecommissioner in these matters shall be subject to appeal by the student to theboard of regents for elementary and secondary education and any decision of theboard of regents may be appealed by the student to the family court for thecounty in which the school is located as provided in § 42-35-15.
