Hearing Officer Services

The Vendor is required to provide hearing officer services for include:
- Functions
• The hearing officer acts on behalf of the district's governing board.
• 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 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.
• The hearing officer will ask the school administrator for a recommendation regarding the student and further discipline.
• The hearing officer will then decide if they accept the administrator's recommendation.
• If recommendation is rejected, then they will apply the appropriate measures based on the board and district policies.
• The hearing officer will then write up the finding of facts report which will indicate their decision in the case and they will forward that report to the district office for distribution.
• The hearing officer will attend a hearing before the governing board in all cases when expulsion is recommended.