Labor Relations - Level 2 (Student Relations)
This service provides access to Labor Relations Services staff for advice and assistance with student relations issues, including serving as a hearing officer for various matters pertaining to students or student information.Available to component and non-component districts.Level 2 requires participation in Level 1.
Base service offers:
- Telephone consultation and information on specific pupil personnel issues such as residency, procedures for short and long term suspension of students (including students with disabilities), FERPA, reasonable accommodations/modifications under Section 504 and the ADA, and discipline for off-campus conduct.
- Periodic updates on notable court and administrative decisions or new legislation impacting pupil personnel issues.
- Staff development on general student relations issues, such as student discipline procedures, search and seizure, confidentiality of student information and records, Dignity for All Students Act.
Additional Services:
Labor Relations Services staff to conduct:
- Hearings for long-term suspension of students under Education Law §3214
- Hearings for in-district review of determination made by school official that student is not a resident of the district
- Hearings to consider parental requests for religious exemption to immunization requirements
- Hearings to consider parental challenges to content of student education records under FERPA
- Impartial investigations of suspected or alleged student misconduct.
Level 2 requires participation in Level 1