Section 48922 Of Article 1. Suspension Or Expulsion From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 27. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 1.
48922
. (a) The review by the county board of education of the
decision of the governing board shall be limited to the following
questions:
(1) Whether the governing board acted without or in excess of its
jurisdiction.
(2) Whether there was a fair hearing before the governing board.
(3) Whether there was a prejudicial abuse of discretion in the
hearing.
(4) Whether there is relevant and material evidence which, in the
exercise of reasonable diligence, could not have been produced or
which was improperly excluded at the hearing before the governing
board.
(b) As used in this section, a proceeding without or in excess of
jurisdiction includes, but is not limited to, a situation where an
expulsion hearing is not commenced within the time periods prescribed
by this article, a situation where an expulsion order is not based
upon the acts enumerated in Section 48900, or a situation involving
acts not related to school activity or attendance.
(c) For purposes of this section, an abuse of discretion is
established in any of the following situations:
(1) If school officials have not met the procedural requirements
of this article.
(2) If the decision to expel a pupil is not supported by the
findings prescribed by Section 48915.
(3) If the findings are not supported by the evidence.
A county board of education may not reverse the decision of a
governing board to expel a pupil based upon a finding of an abuse of
discretion unless the county board of education also determines that
the abuse of discretion was prejudicial.