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Student Code of Conduct Consequences

What disciplinary consequences may follow a Student Code of Conduct violation?

Suspension

LTS utilizes two kinds of suspension: in school suspension and out-of-school suspension.

In-School Suspension

The following rules and regulations apply to all students assigned to in school suspension (“ISS”):

  • 1. Students must report to the ISS room at the beginning of the school day and will be released at the regular dismissal time.
  • 2. Students will bring materials to work on, including an ISS assignment with their teachers’ names, subjects, and assignments. Students are responsible for obtaining assignments from each teacher.
  • 3. Students may not bring food or drink into the suspension room.
  • 4. No disruptive behavior will be allowed.
  • 5. Unexcused absences from suspension will be referred to the principal or designee.
  • 6. Sleeping is prohibited.
  • 7. Students must abide by LTS’s policies and behavioral standards during their suspension period.
  • 8. A student who misses a scheduled ISS session without a confirmed excuse will be assigned one day out of school suspension. If a student misses more than one scheduled ISS session without a confirmed excuse, he or she may be subject to expulsion.

Failure to follow these guidelines will be reported to the principal or designee for further action, which may include up to three days of out-of-school suspension or any other Level I consequence.

Out-of-School Suspension

In deciding whether to order out-of-school suspension, the administrator may take into consideration factors including self-defense, prior discipline history, the student’s status as a student in foster care or who is homeless, intent or lack of intent and other appropriate or mitigating factors determined by the administrator.

In addition to the Code of Conduct violations listed above that may result in suspension, the principal or designee has authority to suspend a student for any of the following additional reasons:

  • 1. The need to further investigate an incident
  • 2. A recommendation to expel the student
  • 3. An emergency constitutes endangerment to health or safety

Special Rules for Suspensions Involving Homeless Students

LTS may not place a student who is homeless in out-of-school suspension unless the student engages in the following conduct while on school property or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off of school property:

  • 1. Unlawful possession of a firearm or other weapon
  • 2. Assault, sexual assault, aggravated assault, or aggravated sexual assault
  • 3. Selling, giving, or delivering to another person or possessing, using, or being under the influence of any amount of marijuana or a controlled substance, a dangerous drug, or an alcoholic beverage

Emergency Placement

If the principal or designee reasonably believes a student’s behavior is so unruly, disruptive, or abusive that it seriously interferes with a teacher’s ability to communicate effectively with students in a class, with the ability of a student’s classmates to learn, or with the operation of Legacy Traditional Schools - Texas or a school-sponsored activity, the principal or designee may order immediate removal of the student.

The principal or designee may impose immediate suspension if he or she reasonably believes such action is necessary to protect persons or property from imminent harm. At the time of such an emergency removal, the student will be given verbal notice of the reason for the action and appropriate hearings will be scheduled within a reasonable time after the emergency removal.

Removal from School Transportation

A student being transported by LTS transportation to or from school or a school-sponsored or school-related activity may be removed from a school vehicle for conduct violating the school’s established standards for conduct in a school vehicle.