Utah Code § 53G-8-206 (2019)
5.0810.06 PROCEDURE FOR IMPOSING DISCIPLINE Issue Date: 1/2/20 FH
Remedial measures or disciplinary sanctions may be imposed on a student only after it has been determined, following appropriate due process, that the student has committed a violation. The nature of the due process required depends in part on the magnitude of the penalty to be imposed. 1. Short-term Suspension a. Informal due process hearing. A school principal may suspend a student for up to ten (10) school days for a violation. Prior to imposing such a suspension, the school principal shall meet with the student, if possible, to discuss the incident(s) and to provide the student an opportunity to respond. The principal shall then determine whether a violation has occurred and whether suspension or other discipline is appropriate. In appropriate cases, the principal shall consider and offer the student alternatives to suspension, including in-school suspension and parental attendance with the student (where appropriate consent from teachers is obtained). b. Short-term suspension pending due process hearing. If the school principal makes an initial determination that the violation warrants long-term suspension or expulsion, the school principal may recommend those sanctions and may impose a short-term suspension pending a hearing on whether those sanctions should be imposed. c. Departure from school grounds. A suspended student shall immediately leave the school building and grounds following a determination by the school of the best way to transfer custody of the student to the parent or other person authorized by the parent or applicable law to accept custody of the student. Utah Code § 53G-8-206(5)(a) (2019) d. Notice of short-term suspension. If a short-term suspension is imposed, the principal or assistant principal shall immediately provide notice to the student’s parent. Notice shall, if possible, be given by telephone. If reasonable efforts to contact the parent by telephone are unsuccessful, then written notice shall be sent to the parent. The notice, whether verbal or written, shall include the following: i. That the student has been suspended. ii. The grounds for the suspension. iii. The period of time for which the student is suspended. iv. The date, time and place for the parent and student to meet with the principal or assistant principal to review the suspension. This meeting shall be scheduled to occur as soon as is practicable, but in all cases prior to the end of the tenth day of the suspension.
Goss v. Lopez, 410 U.S. 565 (1975) Utah Code § 53G-8-206(4) (2019)
e. Notice of recommended expulsion or long-term suspension. If the principal or assistant principal has recommended that the superintendent expel the student or suspend the
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