Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding suspension procedure in second level schools; and if pupils can be suspended for missing school deliberately. [7249/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Under section 23 of the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 schools are required to have in place a code of behaviour detailing the circumstances under which the penalties of suspension and expulsion may be incurred. The Act requires that each board of management formulates a code of behaviour in consultation with teachers, parents and the NEWB.

The code of behaviour shall specify the standards of behaviour that shall be observed by each student attending the school; the measures that may be taken when a student fails or refuses to observe those standards; the procedures to be followed before a student may be suspended or expelled from the school concerned; the grounds for removing a suspension imposed on the student; and the procedures to be followed relating to notification of the child's absence from school.