Last Updated on September 4, 2024 by Michelle Ball
By Michelle Ball, Sacramento California Expulsion, Special Education, sports/CIF, College, Education and School Attorney/Lawyer for Students since 1995
Has the worst happened- your child has been expelled from school? And, now the student has been assigned to a continuation school? Do expelled students have any other attendance options?
Expulsion Order Lists School the Student Can Attend
A student’s expulsion order or the agreement a parent signs (stipulated expulsion) must have a school listed where the student may attend.
Unfortunately, usually the school the student can enroll in during expulsion is a continuation school, either inside the school district, or run by the county office of education.
Better School Can Be Negotiated Before Hearing
As usually students expelled are assigned to continuation school, it is sometimes risky for a parent to proceed to an expulsion hearing due to the potential bad outcomes. This is especially true if the parent believes the student will receive some form of expulsion.
For this reason, it is often better to try to negotiate the expulsion outcome before the expulsion hearing, as more options tend to be available. Parents can reach out to the District to try to work out the student’s future school placement and punishment pre-hearing.
If that does not work, a parent can still request a school placement at the expulsion hearing itself, but their chances for getting that placement may go down.
Other School Districts May Admit Some Students
After an expulsion is issued, a parent can potentially ask a neighboring school district to admit the expelled student. Depending on the allegations, this may be an option.
If the student did not commit an offense under Education Code section 48915(b),(c), or (e), they may have more flexibility. The parent may approach a nearby school district and ask if they would accept the student for enrollment on an interdistrict transfer.
The new district may then choose to conduct an admission hearing. The purpose of this hearing is to see if the student presents a danger to the new school district.
If the student is not a danger, the student may be allowed to enroll, even while under an expulsion order from a different school district.
Charter Schools May Still Take Expelled Students
Students may try to enroll after expulsion in a charter school, particularly an at-home or online charter school. These types of schools have limited on-campus interactions so any concerns about the student are lessened.
Many students are able to get into these online options despite being expelled from their home school district.
Student lawyer Michelle Ball assists students with school discipline, suspension, expulsion, and school punishment problems. As an expulsion attorney in Sacramento California, Michelle Ball can get involved in places such as Oakland, Citrus Heights, Placerville, Roseville, Tracy, Goleta, Palmdale, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and many more locations.
