2001 Minnesota Statutes

     121A.45 Grounds for dismissal. 

    Subdivision 1.    Provision of alternative programs.  No 
 school shall dismiss any pupil without attempting to provide 
 alternative educational services before dismissal proceedings, 
 except where it appears that the pupil will create an immediate 
 and substantial danger to self or to surrounding persons or 
 property.  

    Subd. 2.    Grounds for dismissal.  A pupil may be 
 dismissed on any of the following grounds: 

    (a) willful violation of any reasonable school board 
 regulation.  Such regulation must be clear and definite to 
 provide notice to pupils that they must conform their conduct to 
 its requirements; 

    (b) willful conduct that significantly disrupts the rights 
 of others to an education, or the ability of school personnel to 
 perform their duties, or school sponsored extracurricular 
 activities; or 

    (c) willful conduct that endangers the pupil or other 
 pupils, or surrounding persons, including school district 
 employees, or property of the school. 

    Subd. 3.    Parent notification and meeting.  If a 
 pupil's total days of removal from school exceeds ten cumulative 
 days in a school year, the school district shall make reasonable 
 attempts to convene a meeting with the pupil and the pupil's 
 parent or guardian prior to subsequently removing the pupil from 
 school.  The purpose of this meeting is to attempt to determine 
 the pupil's need for assessment or other services. 

    HIST: 1974 c 572 s 4; 1978 c 764 s 93; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1997 c 4 
 art 7 s 18; 1998 c 397 art 9 s 26; 2001 c 183 s 1,2