Corrective Actions and Punishment
All students shall submit to the reasonable rules of the Charter School. Refusal to comply with written rules and regulations established for the governing of RISE Charter School shall constitute sufficient cause for discipline, suspension, expulsion, or denial of enrollment.
For the purposes of RISE Charter School's policies relating to corrective action or punishment:
1. “Temporary Suspension” is exclusion from School or individual classes for a specific period of up to five school days.
The Executive Director or the principal of RISE Charter School may temporarily suspend any pupil for disciplinary reasons, including student harassment, intimidation, or bullying, or for other conduct disruptive of good order or of the instructional effectiveness of RISE Charter School. Prior to suspending any student, the Executive Director or principal shall grant an informal hearing on the reasons for the suspension and the opportunity to challenge those reasons. Any pupil who has been suspended may be readmitted to the School by the Executive Director or principal who suspended him or her on reasonable conditions prescribed by the Executive Director or principal. The Board of Directors shall be notified of any temporary suspensions, the reasons for them, and the response to them.
2. “Extended Temporary Suspension” is the exclusion from School or individual classes for an additional ten school days. Only the Executive Director or the Board can extend an initial temporary suspension.
3. “Prolonged Temporary Suspension” is the exclusion from School or individual classes for an additional five school days. Only the Board can extend a temporary suspension for an additional five days and only upon a finding that immediate return to School attendance by the temporarily suspended student would be detrimental to other pupils’ health, welfare, or safety.
4. “Expulsion” is exclusion from School. Only the Board has the authority to expel or deny enrollment to any pupil who is an habitual truant, whose conduct is such as to be continuously disruptive of School discipline or of the instructional effectiveness of the School, or whose presence is detrimental to the health and safety of other pupils or who has been expelled from another charter school or school district in the State of Idaho or any other state, including if they were disenrolled from a previous school or district in any state in lieu of discipline. In addition, the Board has authority to expel or deny enrollment to any student if they are convicted or adjudicated of offenses outlined in IC 20-252A(5) or other criminal offenses listed in Chapter 9, 61, or 66 in Title 18, Idaho Code. Such convictions or adjudications shall be disclosed by the student's parent/guardian at the time of enrollment, and failure to do so may result in expulsion or denial of enrollment to the student. RISE Charter School will provide written notice of any student who is expelled or denied enrollment to the prosecuting attorney within five days of the Board’s actions.
No student shall be expelled nor denied enrollment without the Board having first given written notice to the parent/guardian of the pupil stating the grounds for the proposed expulsion or denial of enrollment and the time and place where such parent/guardian may appear to contest the action of the Board. The notice shall also state the rights of the pupil to be represented by counsel, to produce witnesses and submit evidence on his or her own behalf, and to cross-examine any adult witnesses who may appear against him or her. Within a reasonable period of time following such notification, the Board of Directors shall grant the pupil and his or her parents/guardian a full and fair hearing on the proposed expulsion or denial of enrollment. However, the Board shall allow a reasonable period of time between notification and the hearing to allow the pupil and his or her parents/guardian to prepare their response to the charge.
5. “Discipline” constitutes all other forms of corrective action or punishment, including brief exclusions from a class for not more than the remainder of the class period and exclusion from any other type of activity conducted by or for RISE Charter School. Discipline shall not adversely affect academic grades, or graduation requirements, as long as all required work is performed.
Except in extreme cases, students will not be expelled unless other forms of corrective action or punishment have failed, or unless there is good reason to believe that other forms of corrective action or punishment would fail if employed. Suspensions or expulsions shall be used only for instance of serious student misconduct.
Cross Reference:
3330 Student Discipline
3360 Discipline of Students with Disabilities
Legal Reference:
20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 – 82 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
I.C. § 33-205 Attendance at Schools - Denial of School Attendance
I.C. § 33-512 District Trustees - Governance of Schools
I.C. § 33-1631 Requirements for Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Information and Professional Development
Policy History:
Adopted on: June 14, 2021
Revised on: November 18, 2021; May 12, 2022; January 26, 2026
Reviewed on: