Students who commit serious infractions, like bringing a weapon to school, will be immediately suspended and face expulsion. Students who commit extensive property damage, swear at a teacher or threaten serious injury, for example, will be immediately suspended. Programs, supports for expelled, suspended students Violent and disruptive behaviour in schools makes it impossible for teachers to give students the education they need and deserve. Sending these students out on the street only puts the problem somewhere else. To help expelled students continue their education and turn their lives around, the Safe Schools Act makes it possible to set mandatory requirements for them to attend strict discipline schooling programs, or satisfy an equivalent requirement, in order to re-enter the regular school system.
Some boards already provide alternative programs for suspended and expelled students.
Next winter, the Ministry of Education will fund a number of strict discipline schooling demonstration projects for students who have been expelled. By next winter, all school boards will be required to have supports in place to help suspended students return and succeed in the regular school program. These may range from special courses, such as anger management, to providing students with classroom assignments so they can keep up in their studies. Special needs students To ensure the needs of exceptional students are considered and met, the ministry will continue to seek advice from special education partners. This advice will be taken into account in clarifying how mandatory consequences apply to exceptional students.