Cathe v. Doddridge County Board of Education

While I concur with the ultimate resolution under the circumstances of this particular case, it is with the almost certain impact that this holding will have on the education of the young people of our State that I simply cannot agree. In concluding that C.E.A. had a constitutional right to an alternative education during the period of his expulsion, the Court has determined, in Syllabus Point 4, that:

For a child who is not permitted to attend regular school pursuant to the provisions of the Productive and Safe Schools Act, W. Va.Code, 18A-5-la(g) [1995], the extent and details of the State’s…