School Expulsions
If you need an Orange County School Expulsion Lawyer then contact
Mr. Bruzzo at (714) 547-4636.
The California public school expulsion process can be an
intimidating experience for you and your family without proper
representation. Mr. Bruzzo has successfully represented many
families throughout this process.
A student can be subject to expulsion for a variety of reasons
to include drug use or possession, sales of drugs, violence
and possession of weapons. For some of these offenses the
education code requires expulsion. However,
even for those offenses requiring expulsion in most cases
the school board has the power to stop the
expulsion by suspending the expulsion. This
has the effect of keeping the child in the district although
he will probably not return to the same school. The process
for an expulsion is the following:
- The student has a hearing
in front of a panel of
three teachers from within the district. This is like a
trial except there are no rules of evidence and almost
everything can be considered by the panel to include letters
and other written statements. The student can either fight
the offense and require the panel to make a finding of
whether or not they think the student committed the offense
or the student can admit fault and offer information in
mitigation like letters of recommendation and statements
by his parents. The student’s attorney can also question
the district officials (usually the vice-principal from
the student’s school) about their case. After hearing
evidence from the district and the student and his family
the panel makes a recommendation to the school board about
what should happen to the student. Usually in cases where
expulsion is required the panel will recommend to expel
the student. This is because the panel is required to expel
the student if they find he committed the offense. The
school board, however, is not similarly bound.
- The second
step of the expulsion process is to appear in front of
the school board. Usually,
the school board only permits limited testimony and will
rely on the testimony at the panel hearing in coming
to a decision. However, Mr. Bruzzo usually tries to get
as much testimony in as possible to include statements
from the student expressing remorse if that is appropriate
and possibly the parents. The attorney is then given
the opportunity to make a closing argument. After that
the board will go into deliberation and usually render
a decision within a day or so.
The decision of a school district board can be appealed
to the county board. Santa Ana
California criminal attorney Will Bruzzo can answer all
of your questions regarding expulsion proceedings.
Please contact
Mr. Bruzzo on any criminal matter at (714)
547-4636 or fill out the form below:
Orange County School Expulsion Lawyer
William W. Bruzzo
Xerox Centre
1851 E. First Street, 9th Floor, Suite 900
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714 547-4636
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