{"content":[{"text":"6A:16-7.2 Short-term suspensions \n !\" In each instance of a short-term suspension, a district board of education shall \n assure the rights of a student suspended for 10 consecutive school days or fewer \n by providing for the following: \n 1) As soon as practicable, oral or written notice of charges to the student. \n i. When charges are denied, an explanation of the evidence forming \n the basis of the charges also shall be provided; \n 2) An informal hearing prior to the suspension in which the student is given \n the opportunity to present the student’s version of events regarding the \n student’s actions leading to the short-term suspension and provided notice \n of the school district’s actions taken pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.1(c)2 \n and 5: \n i. The informal hearing shall be conducted by a school administrator \n or his or her designee; \n ii. To the extent that a student’s presence poses a continuing danger to \n persons or property or an ongoing threat of disrupting the \n educational process, the student may be immediately removed \n from the student’s educational program and the informal hearing \n shall be held as soon as practical after the suspension; \n iii. The informal hearing should take place even when a school staff \n member has witnessed the conduct forming the basis of the charge; \n and \n iv. The informal hearing and the notice given may take place at the \n same time; \n 3) Oral or written notification to the student’s parents of the student’s \n removal from the student’s educational program prior to the end of the \n school day on which the school administrator makes the decision to \n suspend the student, which shall include an explanation of: \n i. The specific charges; \n ii. The facts on which the charges are based; \n ###$ The provision(s) of the code of student conduct the student is \n accused of violating \n #%$ The student’s due process rights, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:16- \n 7.1(c)3, and 7.2 through 7.6; and \n v. The terms and conditions of the suspension. \n 4) Appropriate supervision of the student while waiting for the student’s \n parent to remove the student from school during the school day; and \n 5) Academic instruction either in school or out of school that addresses the \n Core Curriculum Content Standards, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:8-3.1, which \n may include a public education program provided in accordance with the \n provisions of N.J.A.C. 6A:16-9 or 10. \n i. The instruction shall be provided within five school days of the \n suspension. \n ii. Educational services provided to a student with a disability shall be \n provided consistent with the student’s Individualized Education \n Program in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:14.","bbox":{"left":0.14732,"top":0.090934,"width":0.7046490000000001,"height":0.801257}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}