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The board's authority#
To hold a suspension meeting enough board members must attend for the board to have a quorum. The principal has a different role and therefore is not counted when considering whether you have a quorum.
Alternatively, your board may have delegated the power to make decisions about suspension outcomes to a committee of at least 2 people. As with all committees, there must be a written board resolution establishing the committee and delegating the power to act on the board’s behalf in suspension outcome decisions.
Decisions cannot be made in relation to prospective students, former students or students enrolled at another school.
Board members should recuse themselves if there is any perceived or actual conflict of interest with the suspension.
The board's role#
A board suspension meeting is an automatic review of the suspension process. At the suspension meeting, the principal has a completely different role from the rest of the board, which independently reviews the principal’s decision to suspend.
While the board may end up agreeing with the principal, it must be sure itself that the incident was fairly investigated and was of a nature where suspension was an option (that is, it amounted to gross misconduct, continual disobedience or behaviour risking serious harm).
