Student Management and Alternative Programs Department Due Process Hearing
The Student Management and Alternative Programs Department is committed to helping parents understand what happens when your child is recommended for long-term suspension, expulsion, criminal reassignment, and exclusion.
Please feel free to contact the Student Management and Alternative Programs Department at any time with your questions at 703-791-8595.
Long-Term Suspensions and Expulsions
The Student Management and Alternative Programs Department is responsible for conducting discipline hearings for students who are being recommended for long-term suspension or expulsion from Prince William County Public Schools in accordance with Regulations 744-1 and 745-1.
Short-Term Suspension: 1-10 school days
Long-Term Suspension: By definition, a long-term suspension is a removal from school for 11-45 school days. For aggravated circumstances please refer to Regulation 745-1: "Long-Term Suspension or Expulsion of Students."
Expulsion: 365-calendar-day removal. Only the School Board can expel a student. Student Management and Alternative Department makes a recommendation to the School Board regarding the explusion of students.
Discipline hearings are 45 minutes in length and are conducted by a hearing officer. Present at the meeting will be: the hearing officer, school administration, parents/guardians, and student. Attorneys are allowed to attend the Student Management and Alternative Programs Department hearings if the parent/guardian so chooses.