Riverside County Expelled Student Plan November 1996 Table of Contents
School District Educational Alternatives for Expelled Students
Riverside County Office Educational Alternative for Expelled Students
Educational Service Gaps and Strategies to Address These Service Gaps
Appendix A
Appendix B - Referral Form (not included here)
Appendix C - County-Operated Community School Sites
Appendix D - District-Operated Community Day School Programs
The Riverside County Superintendent of Schools in conjunction with the superintendents of the local school districts have developed the following county-wide plan for expelled children and youth as required by education code 48926*.
Educational programs within Riverside County provide numerous opportunities for students who are in need of traditional and/or alternative education programs. Individual school districts offer a broad spectrum of service and the County Office of Education offers additional options. Thus, between the local school districts and the Riverside County Office of Education a continuum of alternatives is provided for expelled students.
A student whose behavior has resulted in expulsion is given a rehabilitation plan by the school district of residence. This rehabilitation plan may involve one or more of the options outlined in the following plan. A student who is simply in need of an educational alternative may also access these programs through an established school district and/or county referral process as required by statute.
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* Education Code 48926 requires a county-wide plan which shall:
enumerate existing educational alternatives for expelled pupils;
identify gaps in educational services to expelled pupils;
identify strategies for filling those gaps in services;
identify alternative placements for pupils who are expelled and placed in district community day school programs, but who fail to meet terms and conditions of their rehabilitation plan.
School District Educational Alternatives for Expelled Students
School districts located within Riverside County offer the following options for expelled youth, depending on the specific offense and Education Code violation. The alternatives are:
suspended enforcement of the expulsion with placement on the same school campus; [E.C. 48917(a)]
suspended enforcement of the expulsion with placement on a different school campus within the district or an alternative program such as opportunity or continuation school programs; [E.C. 48917(a)]
expulsion with referral to a District Community Day School program if available; [E.C. 48660]
expulsion with referral to the Riverside County Office of Education Community School Program [E.C. 1981(c)]
Actual referral to a district community day school program or a county community school program is made by the school district governing board with recommendations from the district discipline review board, School Attendance Review Board (SARB), or by another established district referral process as required by statute.
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The Riverside County Office of Education will continue to provide an educational option for expelled students. Most districts use the county community schools for students who are expelled and pose a danger to campus safety or to other students or employees of the district. The philosophy of each individual school district affects how the Riverside County Office of Education Community School program will meet the needs of that particular school district. School districts use the Riverside County program as an educational option for those students expelled under a district zero-tolerance policy, while others use the program as an additional alternative program to provide the student with another avenue of success.
The Riverside County Office of Education Community School program offers the following options for expelled youth at 18 locations throughout the county:
daily educational programs that meet in county community school classrooms; for minimum of 240 minutes per day.
contracted study programs known as independent study (IS) that require students to complete a minimum of 20 hours of education product per week are available for students whose needs can be met through this form of instruction.
Educational Service Gaps and Strategies to Address These Service Gaps
The Riverside County Office of Education, the Riverside County Probation Department, and Riverside County local school districts have been working collaboratively to provide a community-based school program for students since 1972. In so much as community-based programs have been in operation in Riverside County for over 20 years, most service gaps have been addressed and appropriate strategies have been implemented to meet the needs of the student population.
A potential service gap exists for expelled elementary students since they must be served in programs separated from expelled students in grades seven through twelve. Due to the small number of expelled elementary students, programs for elementary students are provided regionally.
A second potential service gap exists in the case of students expelled by small school districts who present a wide variation in terms of age, grade level, and seriousness of expulsion offense. That wide range of age, grade level, and seriousness of offense make it difficult to provide appropriate programs for these students within those districts. Again, the strategy for addressing this potential gap in service is for the Riverside County Office of Education to provide regional community school programs to serve those students.
In Riverside County, services to students who have been expelled are provided through a continuum of services. The district-operated community day schools are an option for expelled students in those districts which provide community day schools. The county-operated community schools remain an option for students expelled from their local school district. When the enforcement of the expulsion is suspended, students may have several options available within their local district. When the enforcement of a student's expulsion is not suspended, the district-operated community day school program is the only option available for the student within the district. If the student fails the district-operated community school program, the student will then be referred to the county-operated community school. The county-operated community schools remain the final option for expelled students.
The school district of residence maintains the responsibility for developing a rehabilitation plan for the expelled students, referring students to an appropriate educational setting. Expelled students who complete their rehabilitation plan obligations are reviewed by the district for possible return to regular district programs. Expelled students who fail to meet the terms and conditions of the district rehabilitation plan may be referred to a different district school, another district program, district community day school program, if available, or the Riverside County Office of Education Community School.
Many expelled students will be referred to a Riverside County Office of Education Community School. An Individual Learning Plan (ILP) will be developed with the student, the student's parents, and county office staff. Part of this plan includes a goal of returning the student to the school district of residence after the district expulsion term.
Referrals from the districts to the county-operated community school programs may be made directly to the community school, or to either of two county office locations:
Riverside County Office of Education
Alternative Education
Tom Arthur, Coordinator/Principal
P.O. Box 868
Riverside, CA 92502
Phone: (909) 369-6464 FAX: [909] 682-3947Riverside County Office of Education
Dr. Don F. Kenny Education Service Center/Indio
Alternative Education
Mike Jimenez, Coordinator/Principal
47-336 Oasis St.
Indio, CA 92201
Phone: (619) 775-1098 FAX: [619] 775-3353A report will be mailed to each district on a weekly basis indicating students who have been referred but have not yet enrolled, or have enrolled in community school and are attending regularly. On a monthly basis a report will be sent to the local school districts indicating students who are enrolled but are no longer attending on a regular basis.
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Education Code 48926
Each county superintendent of schools in counties that operate community schools pursuant to Section 1980, in conjunction with superintendents of the school districts within the county, shall develop a plan for providing education services to all expelled pupils in that county. The plan shall be adopted by the governing board of each school district within the county and by the county board of education.The plan shall enumerate existing educational alternatives for expelled pupils, identify gaps in educational services to expelled pupils, and strategies for filling those service gaps. The plan shall also identify alternative placements for pupils who are expelled and placed in district community day school programs, but who fail to meet the terms and conditions of their rehabilitation plan or who pose a danger to other district pupils, as determined by the governing board.
Each county superintendent of schools, in conjunction with the superintendents of the school districts, shall submit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction the county plan for providing educational services to all expelled pupils in the county no later than June 30, 1997, and shall submit a triennial update to the plan to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, including the outcome data pursuant to Section 48916.1, on June 30th thereafter.
Education Code 48916.1
At the time an expulsion of a pupil is ordered, the governing board of the school district shall ensure that an education program is provided to the pupil who is subject to the expulsion order for the period of the expulsion. Except for pupils expelled pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 48915, the governing board of a school district is required to implement the provisions of this section only to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or other legislation, or both.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any educational program provided pursuant to subdivision (a) may be operated by the school district, the county superintendent of schools, or a consortium of districts or in joint agreement with the county superintendent of schools.
Any educational program provided pursuant to subdivision (b) shall not be situated within or on the grounds of the school from which the pupil was expelled.
If the pupil who is subject to the expulsion order was expelled from any of kindergarten or grades 1 to 6, inclusive, the educational program provided pursuant to subdivision (b) shall not be combined or merged with educational programs offered to pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive. The district or county program is the only program required to be provided to expelled pupils as determined by the governing board of the school district.
(1) Each school district shall maintain data as specified in this subdivision and report the data annually to the State Department of Education, commencing June 1, 1997, on forms provided by the State Department of Education. The school district shall maintain the following data:
(A) The number of pupils recommended for expulsion.
(B) The grounds for each recommended expulsion.
(C) Whether the pupil was subsequently expelled.
(D) Whether the expulsion order was suspended.
(E) The type of referral made after the expulsion.
(F) The disposition of the pupil after the end of the period of expulsion. When a school district does not report outcome data as required by this subdivision, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall not apportion any further money to the school district pursuant to Section 48664 until the school district is in compliance with the provisions of this subdivision. Before withholding the apportionment of funds to a school district pursuant to this subdivision, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall give written notice to the governing board of the school district that the school district has failed to report the data required by paragraph (1) and that the school district has 30 calendar days from the date of the written notice of noncompliance to report the requested data and thereby avoid the withholding of the apportionment of funds.
If the county superintendent of schools is unable for any reason to serve the expelled pupils of a school district within the county, the governing board of that school district may enter into an agreement with a county superintendent of schools in another county to provide education services for the district's expelled pupils.
Appendix C
RIVERSIDE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION
COMMUNITY SCHOOL SITES
Secondary County Community School Sites
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE
PRINCIPAL/COORDINATORS
BLYTHE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
201 N. Main Street
Blythe, CA 92225(619) 922-0944
FAX: 922-6404Mike Jimenez
(619) 775-1098COACHELLA COMMUNITY SCHOOL
1538 Seventh Street
Coachella, CA 92236(619) 398-1538
FAX: 683-8911Mike Jimenez
(619) 775-1098CORONA COMMUNITY SCHOOL
1251 Pomona Rd,. Ste 105
Corona, CA 91720(909) 270-0020
FAX: 270-0079Janice Arnold
(909) 788-6529GRINDSTAFF COMMUNITY SCHOOL
9825 County Farm Rd., #5
Riverside, CA 92503(909) 354-7524
FAX: 354-2362Ron Vito
(909) 369-6436HEMET COMMUNITY SCHOOL
139 N. Alessandro
Hemet, CA 92543(909) 652-4583
FAX: 849-5652Bill McLurkin
(909) 849-6316INDIO COMMUNITY SCHOOL
82-803 Indio Blvd., Ste 213
Indio, CA 92201(619) 342-1086
FAX: 775-3353Mike Jimenez
(619) 775-1098JURUPA COMMUNITY SCHOOL
9415 Mission Blvd., A&B
Riverside, CA 92509(909) 369-6317
FAX: 369-6308Tom Arthur
(909) 369-6464LA SIERRA COMMUNITY SCHOOL
10330 Hole Ave., Suite 4
Riverside, CA 92505(909) 688-0176
FAX: 688-8374Ron Vito
(909) 369-6436MORENO VALLEY COMM. SCHOOL
24549 Alessandro Blvd.
Moreno Valley, CA 92553(909) 485-2685
FAX: 243-2230Tom Arthur
(909) 369-6464PALM SPRINGS COMM. SCHOOL
2400 N. Palm Cnyn, B1-2
Palm Springs, CA 92262(619) 416-8216
FAX: 416-8223Mike Jimenez
(619) 775-1098PASS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
2947 W. Lincoln St, Ste 110
Banning, CA 92220(909) 922-9701
FAX: 849-5652Bill McLurkin
(909) 849-6316PERRIS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
333 Wilkerson, Unit A/B
Perris, CA 92570(909) 940-4575
FAX: 940-1720Tom Arthur
(909) 369-6464SAN CAYETANO COMM. SCHOOL
43-500 Monterey Avenue
Palm Desert, CA 92262(619) 773-1717
FAX: 775-3353Mike Jimenez
(619) 775-1098TEMECULA COMMUNITY SCHOOL
27895 Diaz Road
Temecula, CA 92593(909) 699-0914
FAX: 699-5631Janice Arnold
(909) 788-5629TWELFTH STREET COMM. SCHOOL
4154 Twelfth Street
Riverside, CA 92502(909) 682-4208
FAX: 222-0299Tom Arthur
(909) 369-6464VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL
950 N. Ramona Blvd., #19
San Jacinto, CA 92583(909) 487-9105
FAX: 849-5652Bill McLurkin
(909) 849-6316
Elementary County Community School Sites
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE
PRINCIPAL/COORDINATOR
WEST COUNTY ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL
24561 Alessandro Blvd.
Moreno Valley, CA 92553(909) 924-0861
FAX: 924-7040Ron Vito
(909) 924-0861EAST COUNTY ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL
43-500 Monterey Avenue
Palm Desert, CA 92261(619) 773-1717
FAX: 775-3353Mike Jimenez
(619) 775-1098
DISTRICT-OPERATED COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL PROGRAMS
The following schools operate under Education Code 48926 as Community Day schools. They provide a six-hour instructional day, as required, and serve students who have been expelled from their district, referred through the School Attendance Review Board (SARB) or other district referral process.
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE
PRINCIPAL/COORDINATOR
H.E.L.P. SCHOOL
136 N. Ramona
Hemet, CA 92543(909) 765-5187
FAX: 765-2591Gail Siebke
(909) 785-5187SATELLITE CENTER
501 N. "A" Street
Perris, CA 92570(909) 657-2174
FAX: 940-5321Kindy Stump
(909) 657-2174TRI-VALLEY COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL
565 Chaney
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530(909) 245-6677
FAX: 245-6682Cheryl Livengood
(909) 245-6677
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