School Discipline, Suspension and Expulsion

If your child has been threatened with suspension or expulsion from school, you have a right to request a suspension or expulsion hearing through the school district, and the right to protect your child’s access to an appropriate education.  Further, if your child has gotten in trouble for fighting, theft, threats of violence, bomb threats, truancy, pranks or any other disciplinary infraction, I can represent you and your child at the school suspension or expulsion hearing.  I also represent SIU students’ accused of violating the Student Conduct Code.

 Children with disabilities unfortunately are frequently the targets of discipline, including school suspension and expulsion.   Often times, the child’s misbehavior – or perceived misbehavior – is the result of an underlying disability.  Children with disabilities have the same right to education as anyone else. The establishment of an individual education program (IEP) or some other change in the way he or she is taught may solve the disciplinary problem and resolve the situation without undue conflict.