SD33 appeal procedure bylaw 4

1. The Board of Education recognizes the right of a student and/or parent of a student under Section 11 of the School Act to appeal a decision of an employee of the Board where such decision significantly affects the education, health or safety of the student. 2. The following decisions shall be deemed to significantly affect the education, health or safety of a student: a) disciplinary suspension from school for a period in excess of five (5) days; b) refusal to offer an educational program to a student who is sixteen (16) years of age or older; Bylaw 4 – Appeal Procedure Page 2 c) requirement to complete all or part of an educational program by distributed learning as a disciplinary measure, where space and facilities are available in a school; d) exclusion from school for a health condition; e) failure to provide an IEP to a student with special needs; f) failure to offer to consult with a parent regarding the placement or IEP of a student with special needs; g) denial of an educational program by failure to take action in respect of a complaint of bullying, intimidation, harassment, or threat or use of weapons or violence by one or more students against another student; and h) any other decision that, in the opinion of the Board, significantly AFFECTS THE EDUCATION, health or safety of a student. - School District No. 33(Chilliwack) Appeal Procedure Bylaw 4 (2008)