17HSuspension

17H Suspension (1) The decision-maker for a school may suspend a student at the school if satisfied— and (b) the school has exhausted all reasonable alternatives to suspending the student; and (c) it is reasonable to suspend the student considering all the parents about the proposed suspension. (2) However, the decision-maker must not suspend a student unless— (a) for a government school or Catholic system school with a delegated principal—the delegated principal has complied with the requirements for involving the student and their parents in the decision-making process under section 17L; or delegated principal—the principal of the school recommends the student be suspended; and

(c) for an independent school—the decision-maker has complied with the requirements for involving the student and their parents in the decision-making process under section 17L. (3) The decision-maker for a government school or Catholic system school without a delegated principal may suspend the student as recommended by the principal of the school under section 17K, or subject to any change the decision-maker considers reasonable.