Hinds County School District Board of Trustees v. R.B. Ex Rel. D.L.B.

¶ 46. The majority’s decision to affirm the Hinds County School Board’s decision to expel R.B. substantially erodes the due process rights of Mississippi public school students. The record does not support a finding that R.B. was expelled from Byram Middle School on the basis of substantial evidence. Neither does the evidence support a finding that he was afforded due process when expelled from the Hinds County School District. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.

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¶ 47. The majority finds that the Hinds County School Board properly expelled R.B., then a twelve-year-old in the sixth grade, for…