Wicomico County Public Schools PROCEDURE Approval Status Index Code Title: Educational Equity Procedure SFS-GEN-PR-029 First Adopted: 1/13/15 Legal Review: 12/16/24 Approved Revisions: 08/13/25 03/12/24 05/22/23 01/13/15 Effective: 09/09/25 03/13/24 05/23/23 01/14/15 Page 1 of 9 WICOMICO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION P.O. BOX 1538 2424 NORTHGATE DRIVE., SUITE 3, SALISBURY, MD 21801 Procedure SFS-GEN-PR-029 Student Suspension and Expulsion I. Purpose This procedure establishes direction for assigning exclusionary discipline in relation to student violations of the Code of Conduct. The procedure and related policy shall be administered equally without regard to gender, race or economic background. The student is assured of due process and compliance with all procedures set forth for the protection of individual rights and the right to a free and appropriate public education. II. Definitions As defined by COMAR and within the context of this procedure the following definitions apply: A. “Expulsion” – the exclusion of the student from the student’s regular school program for 45 school days or longer, which only may occur under the following circumstances: 1. The superintendent or designee has determined that the student’s return to school prior to the completion of the expulsion period would pose an imminent threat of serious harm to other students or staff; 2. The superintendent or designee limits the duration of the exclusion to the shortest period practicable; and 3. The school system provides the excluded student with comparable educational services and appropriate behavioral support services to promote successful return to the student’s regular academic program. B. “Extended Suspension” – the exclusion of a student from a student’s regular program for a time period between 11 and 45 school days, which only may occur under the following circumstances: 1. The superintendent or designee has determined that: a. The student’s return to school prior to the completion of the suspension period would pose an imminent threat of serious harm to other students or staff; or b. The student has engaged in chronic and extreme disruption of the educational process that has created a substantial barrier to learning for other students across the school day, and other available and appropriate behavioral and disciplinary interventions have been exhausted. 2. The superintendent or designee limits the duration of the exclusion to the shortest period practicable; and 3. The school system provides the excluded student with comparable educational services and appropriate behavioral support services to promote successful return to the student’s regular academic program.
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