The nature of the disciplinary measures to be employed The procedures to be followed before a student may be suspended or expelled The grounds for lifting a suspension The NEWB will issue guidelines on the code. When a child is becoming a student at the school, the principal must give a copy of the code to the parents and may require that the parents agree to make all reasonable efforts to ensure that the child complies with the code. Before a student is expelled, the Educational Welfare Officer must be informed. The officer will then try to resolve the problem. If a student is permanently excluded from the school or the school refuses to enrol a student, the NEWB will be able to appeal to the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Science.
Parents also have an entitlement to appeal.
If a parent appeals, the NEWB may make submissions to the appeals committee. With the consent of the parents, the NEWB may arrange for an examination of the intellectual, emotional or physical development of a child. If the parent refuses consent, the NEWB may apply to the Circuit Court for an order that the examination be carried out. The Circuit Court may grant the order if it is satisfied that the child's behaviour, lack of educational progress or regular absence from school without a reasonable excuse warrants an examination. If the NEWB considers that a parent is failing in his or her obligation to send a child to school, it must notify the parent and require the parent to send the child to a school.