North Carolina § 115C-390 - 5. Short-term suspension.

§ 115C-390. 5. Short-term suspension.

The principal shall have authority to impose short-term suspension on a student who willfully engages in conduct that violates a provision of the Code of Student Conduct authorizing short-term suspension. If a student's short-term suspensions accumulate to more than 10 days in a semester, to the extent the principal has not already done so, he or she shall invoke the mechanisms provided for in the applicable safe schools plan adopted pursuant to G.S. 115C-105.47(b)(5) and (b)(6). A student subject to short-term suspension shall be provided the following: The opportunity to take textbooks home for the duration of the suspension. Upon request, the right to receive all missed assignments and, to the extent practicable, the materials distributed to students in connection with the assignment. The opportunity to take any quarterly, semester, or grading period examinations missed during the suspension period. History (2011-282, s. 2.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2011-282, s. 17, made this section effective June 23, 2011, and applicable beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. Session Laws 2001-178, ss. 1(a)-(j), provide that the State Board of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention [now the Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety], shall establish a pilot program under which participating local school administrative units place all students who are on short-term out-of-school suspension in alternative learning programs. These alternative placements may be in alternative learning programs, day reporting centers, and other similar supervised programs for students. Legal Periodicals. - For article, "Recent Development: Long-Term Suspension and the Right to an Education: An Alternative Approach," see 90 N.C.L. Rev. 293 (2011).