Madison Metropolitan School District
Board of Education Policies and Procedures
A student's record of expulsion may be expunged in accordance with the procedure
that is set forth below.
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- A student may petition the SUPERINTENDENT or SUPERINTENDENT'S DESIGNEE to expunge
his/her record of expulsion no earlier than the last 60 school days of the student's
junior year in a Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) school if (1) he/she has
not violated MMSD Suspension Codes sections 401b or 401c if the student harmed another
with the weapon or knife, or sections 401d, 403, 405, or 407; (2) he/she has not been
suspended or recommended for expulsion since the student's return from expulsion; (3)
he/she since returning from being expelled has earned a cumulative grade point average
of at least 2.0 as documented by the MMSD or is in good standing in an MMSD alternative
program, as determined by the SUPERINTENDENT or designee; and (4) he/she has not had
more than an average of 10 unexcused absences each year after returning from being expelled.
- The petition shall include: (A) information as to why the non-removal of
the expulsion record would be detrimental or an undue hardship to his/her
future opportunities such as enrollment in a post secondary school,
entrance into the military service, employment in a particular job or jobs,
etc.; (B) a letter supporting expungement from at least one administrator
from the school in which the incident that lead to the expulsion occurred, a
letter from two professional staff members from the MMSD, and at least
one letter from two other individuals. Such letters should include why the
person feels that the student's expulsion record should be expunged.
- If the SUPERINTENDENT or designee grants the student's request for expungement,
such expungement shall be effective on the date on which the SUPERINTENDENT or
designee approves the expungement.
- Expungement is defined as the removal from the student's individual
school record the documentation of the expulsion. Expungement does
not apply to District records, records sent to another school or school
district, or if a student is referred for an expulsion a second time.
- Should a student be suspended or expelled subsequent to the
expungement of his/her expulsion record, the expulsion record shall be
reinstated.
- Expungement means that any information about the expulsion in the
student's individual school records is expunged and that the school's
administrative staff and guidance department staff will not disclose any
information concerning the expulsion.
- Legal Counsel shall include in his/her correspondence to the student and
his/her parent(s), at the time of his/her recommendation for expulsion and
during the last 60 days of his/her junior year, (1) a copy of the Expungement
Policy and (2) a Notice that the student's expulsion record may be expunged in
accordance with such Policy.
- The SUPERINTENDENT or his/her designee shall send to the student and his/her
parent(s) a letter stating that in accordance with the BOARD'S Expungement Policy,
the student's expulsion record has been expunged.
- When an order of expulsion of a student is reversed by the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction or a court, and such reversal is not appealed by the BOARD,
the student's record shall be expunged in accordance with paragraphs 4, 6 and 8 above.
2/18/08
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