National Behavioural Support Service, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, National Council for Special Education). 9.7.5 However there may be exceptional circumstance where the Board of Management forms the opinion that a student should be expelled for a first offence. Due process and fair procedures will be followed in all cases and the principles of natural justice will apply. Procedure for expulsion 9.8.1 The Principal will ensure that there is a thorough investigation of the incident. The student may be suspended from the School while this investigation is taking place. 9.8.2 The Principal will inform the student and the parents, in writing, of the details of the alleged misbehaviour and the possibility that it could result in expulsion. The student and parents will be given every opportunity to respond to the complaint before a final decision is made. If the final decision is that the Principal intends to recommend expulsion to the Board of Management then the parents will be invited to a meeting with the Principal before the recommendation is taken to the Board. The Principal will provide the parents and the Board of Management with records of the allegations, the investigation and also the grounds on which the Board is being asked to consider expulsion. The parents will be notified of the date of the Board of Management hearing and will be invited to attend. They will be given adequate notice of the meeting and will be informed that they may make a written and oral submission to the Board. The written submission may be made in advance. The Board of Management Hearing The Board will ensure impartiality and a Board member who has had any involvement in the circumstances of the case will not take part in the hearing. At the hearing the Principal and the parents, or a student who is eighteen years or over, will put their case to the Board in each presence. other’s Parents may wish to be accompanied at such hearings and the Board will facilitate this; legal accompaniment is not acceptable at this stage. Neither Principal nor parents will be present when the Board is making its decision.
National Behavioural Support Service, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, National Council for Special Education). 9.7.5 However there may be exceptional circumstance where the Board of Management forms the opinion that a student should be expelled for a first offence. Due process and fair procedures will be followed in all cases and the principles of natural justice will apply. Procedure for expulsion 9.8.1 The Principal will ensure that there is a thorough investigation of the incident. The student may be suspended from the School while this investigation is taking place. 9.8.2 The Principal will inform the student and the parents, in writing, of the details of the alleged misbehaviour and the possibility that it could result in expulsion. The student and parents will be given every opportunity to respond to the complaint before a final decision is made. If the final decision is that the Principal intends to recommend expulsion to the Board of Management then the parents will be invited to a meeting with the Principal before the recommendation is taken to the Board. The Principal will provide the parents and the Board of Management with records of the allegations, the investigation and also the grounds on which the Board is being asked to consider expulsion. The parents will be notified of the date of the Board of Management hearing and will be invited to attend. They will be given adequate notice of the meeting and will be informed that they may make a written and oral submission to the Board. The written submission may be made in advance. The Board of Management Hearing The Board will ensure impartiality and a Board member who has had any involvement in the circumstances of the case will not take part in the hearing. At the hearing the Principal and the parents, or a student who is eighteen years or over, will put their case to the Board in each other’s presence. Parents may wish to be accompanied at such hearings and the Board will facilitate this; legal accompaniment is not acceptable at this stage. Neither Principal nor parents will be present when the Board is making its decision.
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