School expulsion rates plunge after students gain new power to appeal

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The number of students expelled from Victorian government schools has plunged by more than a third in just two years after students and parents were given more power of appeal.

New data reveals 184 students were expelled in Victoria last year, including 10 primary school students, a 35.4 per cent drop from 285 expulsions in 2017, the last full year before expulsion rules were reformed by the Andrews government.There were 192 expulsions in 2018, including 12 primary students, the data shows., giving students and parents multiple grounds to appeal to an independent panel.

The ombudsman’s report also found a link between childhood expulsion and adult imprisonment, with about 60 per cent of youths in the youth justice system having been expelled or suspended. “Through this experience, I now understand that the interventions we put in place will never be seen as enough by appeal panels,” the principal wrote in a submission to the Australian Principals’ Federation.

Julie Podbury, the president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Principals’ Federation, said expulsions were “a vexed issue” for principals. Jim Miles, the executive director of Catholic Education Melbourne, said it was examining the benefits of doing so.

 

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Have made it harder to expel students but not given a proper, workable alternative? Schools need to be properly resourced to accomodate such students if the are not expelled.

Shame they're not allowed to actually go to school though

The question is has this made schools a more unsafe place to be for children and staff? Accountability needs to cut both ways.

Makes sense as no one has been at school for 6 months

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