By law, the student's parent or guardian must be notified of the expulsion and the formal expulsion hearing before the board of education must be held as soon as possible after the expulsion. No student may be expelled more than 10 times or for a total of more than 50 days, whichever is less, without a formal hearing. It also requires the district to report such a student to the police. The bill establishes a pre-trial diversion hate crimes program for people accused of hate crimes. Those who successfully complete it will have their charges dismissed.
People can only use it once.
The program consists of psychosocial assessment, educational programs, supervised community service, and follow-up contacts designed to change both the person's attitude and behavior. The bill requires the Office of Adult Probation to contract with service providers, develop standards, and oversee the diversion programs. The bill allows those accused of three hate crimes to apply for a pre-trial diversion program. One hate crime makes it illegal for anyone to subject another person to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities, secured or protected by the state or federal law because of religion, national origin, alienage, color, race, sex, blindness, or physical disability. A second hate crime makes it illegal to deprive someone of state or federal rights for the same reasons while wearing a mask, hood, or other disguise.