Common use of THE APPEALS PROCESS Clause in Contracts

THE APPEALS PROCESS. If a student or parent wishes to appeal, they may do so in writing to the Activities Director/Assistant Principal within five (5) school days after being informed of the decision. Upon receiving the written appeal, the Principal and/or the Activities Director/Assistant Principal will meet with the student and the student’s parents. If the student wishes to continue the appeal, the Principal and/or the Activities Director/Assistant Principal will schedule a meeting of the Code of Conduct Appeals Council to be held within three (3) school days. The student and parents will have the opportunity to present evidence or challenge evidence presented at this meeting. The Code of Conduct Appeals Council will limit its deliberations to the evidence presented at the meeting. The Code of Conduct Appeals Council will be comprised of: ● One Building or District Level Administrator ● Two head coaches and one activity advisor ● One teacher not involved in co-curricular activities ● One of the above adults will be selected by the principal to serve as the chairperson and not vote unless there is a tie No member of the Code of Conduct Appeals Council shall have a conflict of interest. No coach/advisor may pass judgment on a case involving his/her student athlete. The Code of Conduct Appeals Council may take one of two actions: ● Uphold the Principal’s and/or the Activities Director/Assistant Principal’s decision. ● Overturn the Principal’s and/or the Activities Director/Assistant Principal’s decision. (Note: The council may overturn a decision when they believe that the “technical requirements” of the code have not been followed. In determining this, the council should consider whether or not the evidence against a student is reasonable and whether or not the penalty was in accordance with this code. The intent of this paragraph is to limit the reasons for overturning the Principal’s and/or the Activities Director/Assistant Principal decision to technical reasons rather than reasons which stem from personal disagreements with the code itself). The decision of the Code of Conduct Appeals Council will be final with no further appeals by the student nor any further disciplinary action by the Principal and/or the Activities Director/Assistant Principal that would affect a student’s co-curricular participation. All suspensions remain in effect during the appeal process. Any appeal dealing with academic eligibility will be handled according to School Board policy #870 Travel to and from contests or events will be done using school transportation. However, sometimes, other arrangements must be made when leaving an event. In those cases, the following procedures must be followed: