Yes. Suspension is appropriate only after other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct. Other means of correction include, but are not limited to: a conference between school personnel and the parent/guardian/other education rights holder, a referral for special education assessments, and a positive behavior support approach with tiered interventions. School districts should use alternatives to suspension or expulsion to address problems of truancy, tardiness, and other absences from school activities. A student may not be suspended or expelled solely because the student is truant, tardy or absent from school.[1]
It is within the superintendent’s discretion to use alternative methods, such as anger-management classes, instead of suspension or expulsion.[2] A school district may also adopt a policy authorizing teachers to require the parent/guardian/other education rights holder of a pupil who has been suspended to attend a portion of a school day in the classroom of their child or ward.[3]