RIVERSIDE - Limiting the due-process rights of students, an appeal court ruled Wednesday that school boards are not compelled to subpoena witnesses to expulsion hearings.
Since a 1995 law authorized boards to subpoena percipient witnesses at the request of the district superintendent or the pupil, most have determined that they had the discretion not to issue subpoenas.
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Since a 1995 law authorized boards to subpoena percipient witnesses at the request of the district superintendent or the pupil, most have determined that they had the discretion not to issue subpoenas.
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