Jerome Joint School District No. 261

STUDENTS 3340

Corrective Actions and Punishment

All students shall submit to the reasonable rules of the District. Refusal to comply with written rules and

regulations established for the governing of the school shall constitute sufficient cause for discipline, suspension,

or expulsion.

For the purposes of the District's policies relating to corrective action or punishment:

1.“Temporary Suspension” is the exclusion from school or individual classes for a specific period of up to five (5)

school days.

The Superintendent or the Principal of any school may temporarily suspend any student for disciplinary reasons,

including student harassment, intimidation or bullying, or for other conduct disruptive of good order or of the

instructional effectiveness of the school. Prior to suspending any student, the Superintendent or Principal shall

grant an informal hearing on the reasons for the suspension and the opportunity to challenge those reasons. Any

student who has been suspended may be readmitted to the school by the Superintendent or Principal who

suspended him or her on reasonable conditions prescribed by the Superintendent or Principal. The Board of

Trustees shall be notified of any temporary suspensions, the reasons for them, and the response to them.

2. “Extended Temporary Suspension” is the exclusion from school or individual classes for an additional ten (10)

school days. Only the Superintendent (or the Board) can extend an initial temporary suspension.

3. “Prolonged Temporary Suspension” is the exclusion from school or individual classes for an additional five (5)

school days. Only the Board can extend a temporary suspension for an additional five (5) days and only upon a

finding that immediate return to school attendance by the temporarily suspended student would be detrimental

to other students’ health, welfare or safety.

4. “Expulsion” is the exclusion from school. Only the Board has the authority to expel or deny enrollment to any

student who is an habitual truant, who is incorrigible, whose conduct is such as to be continuously disruptive of

school discipline or of the instructional effectiveness of the school, or whose presence is detrimental to the health

and safety of other students or who has been expelled from another school district in the State of Idaho or any

other state. The District will provide written notice of any student who is expelled or denied enrollment to the

prosecuting attorney within five (5) days of the Board’s actions.

No student shall be expelled nor denied enrollment without the Board of Trustees having first given written notice

to the parent or guardian of the student stating the grounds for the proposed expulsion or denial of enrollment

and the time and place where such parent or guardian may appear to contest the action of the Board. The notice

shall also state the rights of the student to be represented by counsel, to produce witnesses and submit evidence

on his own behalf, and to cross-examine any adult witnesses who may appear against him. Within a reasonable

period of time following such notification, the Board of Trustees shall grant the student and his or her parents or

guardian a full and fair hearing on the proposed expulsion or denial of enrollment. However, the Board shall allow

a reasonable period of time between notification and the hearing to allow the student and his or her parents or

guardian to prepare their response to the charge.

5. “Discipline” constitutes all other forms of corrective action or punishment, including brief exclusions from a class

for not more than the remainder of the class period and exclusion from any other type of activity conducted by or

for the District. Discipline shall not adversely affect specific academic grade, subject, or graduation requirements,

as long as all required work is performed.

Except in extreme cases, students will not be expelled unless other forms of corrective action or punishment have

failed, or unless there is good reason to believe that other forms of corrective action or punishment would fail if

employed. Suspensions or expulsions shall be used only for instances of serious student misconduct.

No student shall be expelled, suspended, or disciplined in any manner for any act not related to the orderly

operation of the school or school-sponsored activities or any other aspect of the educational process.

Discipline of Students with Disabilities

Additional requirements apply when suspending or expelling a student with a disability. The District shall comply

with these requirements as outlined in Procedure 3340P.

Cross Reference: 3360 Discipline of Students with Disabilities

Legal Reference: 20 U.S.C. 1400, et seq. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

I.C. § 33-205 Denial of school attendance

I.C. § 33-512 Governance of schools

I.C. § 33-1631 Requirements for Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Information

and Professional Development

Policy History:

Adopted on: 04/25/2009

Revised on: 02/23/2016

Revised on: 04/23/2024