Summary
Provide hearing officer services; the hearing officer conducts the hearing. They must be knowledgeable of state statues, district and board discipline policies and codes. ; it is the hearing officer's responsibility to follow district policy and to ensure the the schools follow district policy regarding suspensions and suspension hearings; during a suspension hearing, the hearing officer will listen to the school present its case against a student, then ask questions if necessary. They will listen to the student's response regarding the events and will give parents reasonable time to state their case. They will then ask questions from all parties if they feels it is necessary to arrive at a fair decision. See attached file.