FILE: IDDG
ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS EDUCATION PROGRAM
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board recognizes that exclusion from the educational program of the schools, whether by suspension or expulsion, is the most severe sanction that can be imposed on a student in this parish and one that cannot be imposed without due process, since expulsion deprives a student of the right to an education.
Students suspended or expelled/excluded from school shall remain under the supervision of the school system using an alternative education program designed to continue the educational process in an alternative setting. An alternative setting may be located on or off the school site. The alternative education program is designed to offer variations of traditional instructional programs and strategies for the purpose of increasing the likelihood that students who are unmotivated or unsuccessful in the traditional programs or who are disruptive in the traditional school environment remain in school and obtain a high school diploma. Any expelled students attending the alternative education program and exhibiting disorderly conduct shall be dismissed from that program and shall not be permitted to return to any school program until the period of expulsion has ended.
Upon the request of the student's parent, tutor, or other person responsible for the student's school attendance, a student enrolled in school between ages of sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) years may be allowed, with approval of the School Board, to attend an alternative education program.
Other alternative education programs shall be available for students with special needs. These programs are enumerated in the School Board's Pupil Progression Plan.
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:7.5, 17:100.5, 17:221, 17:224, 17:416.2
Alternative Education Schools/Programs Standards, Bulletin 131, Louisiana Department of Education
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board