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  2. School discipline - Wikipedia

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    A student who breaches an out-of-school suspension (by attending the school during their suspension) may be arrested for trespassing, and repeated breaches may lead to expulsion and/or possible criminal penalties. Students are also not allowed to attend after-school activities (such as proms, sporting events, etc.) while suspended from school.

  3. Expulsion (education) - Wikipedia

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    Expulsion (education) Expulsion, also known as dismissal, withdrawal, or permanent exclusion (British English), is the permanent removal or banning of a student from a school, school district, college, university, or TAFE due to persistent violation of that institution's rules, or in extreme cases, for a single offense of marked severity.

  4. Suspension (punishment) - Wikipedia

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    Suspension is a common practice in the workplace for being in violation of an organization's policy, or major breaches of policy.Work suspensions occur when a business manager or supervisor deems an action of an employee, whether intentional or unintentional, to be a violation of policy that should result in a course of punishment, and when the employee's absence during the suspension period ...

  5. Scholastic probation - Wikipedia

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    Scholastic probation, sometimes known as flunking out, is the formal warning that is given to students at a higher educational institution as the result of poor academic achievement. Normally, if students that are on academic probation do not quickly address their grades and improve their GPA to at least a 2.0, more serious consequences may ...

  6. Academic tenure - Wikipedia

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    Academic tenure. Tenure is a type of academic appointment that protects its holder from being fired or laid off except for cause, or under extraordinary circumstances such as financial exigency or program discontinuation. Academic tenure originated in the United States in the early 20th century, and several other countries have since adopted it.

  7. Demerit (school discipline) - Wikipedia

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    A demerit is a point given to a student as a penalty for bad behavior. [1] Under this once common practice, a student is given a number of merits during the beginning of the school term and a certain number of merits are deducted for every infraction committed. [2] Schools use the demerit record within a point-based system to punish misbehavior.

  8. Academic tenure in North America - Wikipedia

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    Academic tenure in North America. Academic tenure in the United States and Canada is a contractual right that grants a teacher or professor a permanent position of employment at an academic institution such as a university or school. [1] Tenure is intended to protect teachers from dismissal without just cause, and to allow development of ...

  9. School corporal punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the 2013–2014 academic year, this number was reduced to 109,000 students. [51] As of the 2011–2012 academic year, 19 states legally allowed school corporal punishment. Approximately 14 percent of the schools in those 19 states reported the use of corporal punishment, and one in eight students attended schools that use this practice.