Quite apart from any judicial definition of what due process requires, whether derived from the Fourteenth Amendment, common law, or a contractual relation, a law school is compelled on educational grounds to provide a disciplinary process adequate to satisfy legal and educational demands. Available from Southern Methodist University School of…

This article examines the concept of educationally sound due process in higher education academic affairs in the light of the existing case law and the responsibility of public school officials to provide an educationally sound school program. (Author/IRT)

The Illinois School Code requires hearing officers in student expulsion or suspension review cases to provide the school board with a written summary of the evidence heard. While no particular form is required for the summary, this document presents a sample hearing report that can serve as a model for those preparing reports. The…

Discusses due process of law requirements in student expulsion proceedings. (JF)

The equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment both offer protection to the student who is denied an education for a lengthy period. If a student shows that he no longer threatens substantial disruption of the educational process, he must be readmitted. (Author)

Handicapped children are not immune from a school's disciplinary rules but such children may have additional protection under Public Law 94-142. (Author/IRT)

A statement of policy which emphasizes due process but focuses discussion on the expulsion itself. (Author)

Both the plurality and dissent in the Horowitz case agree that Horowitz received all the due process guaranteed her by the Constitution and that the core of due process is flexibility, which indicates that the contours of due process on campus will be largely shaped by the university community. (Author/IRT)

Four due process cases in which judicial decisions were made about dental students' dismissals occurring as a result of poor clinical performance are reviewed. All decisions reiterate the opinion that educators are uniquely qualified to assess a student's academic achievement and professional development. The school's responsibility is also…

Historically, public school officials have acted without consideration for due process in issuing grades to students, in excluding students from school for academic failure, and in lowering grades as a means of disciplining students. The constitutionality of these actions is challenged and recent court cases are reviewed. (Author/KC)

Case concerning the expulsion of five African American students at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and in which the students chose not to appear at their judicial hearing, has raised questions about whether there was adequate investigation and whether the school's actions meets the requirements of due process stated in the student handbook and…

Most courts have flexibly interpreted the constitutional requirement of procedural and substantive due process in favor of zero-tolerance expulsion decisions. While being sensitive to community intolerance for threats to school safety (student possession of guns or drugs), school leaders should modulate development and enforcement of expulsion…