AB 324

Under current law, a pupil may be expelled from a public school for repeatedly

violating school rules; making a bomb threat; or endangering or threatening to

endanger the property, health, or safety of others. A pupil who has a firearm at school

must be expelled for at least one year. Before expelling a pupil, the school board must

provide a hearing at which the pupil or his or her parent may be represented by an

attorney. After the hearing, the school board must issue a written decision, which

may be appealed to the state superintendent of public instruction.

This bill directs the Department of Public Instruction to promulgate rules

establishing a procedure for the expulsion of pupils attending a private school under

a parental choice program by the governing body of the private school. The rules

must adhere as closely as feasible to the statutory provisions governing the expulsion

of pupils from public schools.

The bill also authorizes the state superintendent to issue an order barring a

private school from participating in a parental choice program if the private school

violates the rules described above.