00SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 215(RLS)                                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to suspension of a student from a public school."                                                      
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 14.30.045 is amended to read:                                                                       
04  Sec. 14.30.045.  GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION OR DENIAL OF                                                                  
05 ADMISSION.  A school age child may be suspended from or denied admission to the                                         
06 public school that the child is otherwise entitled to attend only for the following                                     
07 causes:                                                                                                                 
08   (1)  continued wilful disobedience or open and persistent defiance of                                                
09 reasonable school authority;                                                                                            
10   (2)  behavior that is inimicable to the welfare, safety, or morals of other                                          
11 pupils or a person employed or volunteering at the school;                                                            
12   (3)  a physical or mental condition that in the opinion of a competent                                               
13 medical authority will render the child unable to reasonably benefit from the programs                                  
14 available;                                                                                                              

01   (4)  a physical or mental condition that in the opinion of a competent                                               
02 medical authority will cause the attendance of the child to be inimicable to the welfare                                
03 of other pupils;                                                                                                        
04   (5)  conviction of a felony that the governing body of the district                                                  
05 determines will cause the attendance of the child to be inimicable to the welfare or                                    
06 education of other pupils.                                                                                              
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.40.240 is amended to read:                                                                          
08  Sec. 14.40.240.  POWER OF PRESIDENT TO SUSPEND AND EXPEL                                                              
09 STUDENTS.  The power to suspend and expel a student for misconduct or other cause                                       
10 and to reinstate the student is vested solely in the president of the University of                                     
11 Alaska.  The president may delegate the exercise of the power to the chancellor                                        
12 or another official on each campus of the university or to the administrative head                                      
13 or director of a community college or other campus or extended unit of the                                              
14 university.