Question:

What’s an extended suspension?

Answer:

In Maryland school law, an ‘extended suspension’ refers to excluding a student from their regular school program for a period between 11 and 45 school days. This can only happen if the superintendent or their designee determines that the student’s return to school would pose a serious threat of harm to others, or if the student’s behavior has severely disrupted the educational process and other interventions have been ineffective.

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