Jennings’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 , 95 S.Ct. 729 , 42 L.Ed.2d 725 (1975), the Supreme Court addressed the due process protection available to students facing temporary suspensions. The Court recognized “[a] 10-day suspension from school ... may not be imposed in complete disregard of the Due Process Clause,” because a student’s “legitimate entitlement to a public education [is] a property interest” protected thereby. Id. at 574, 576 , 419 U.S. 565 , 95 S.Ct. 729 , 42 L.Ed.2d 725 . The Court held “due process requires, in connection with a suspension of 10 days or less, that the student be given oral or written notice of the charges against him and, if he denies them, an explanation of the evidence the authorities have and an opportunity to present his side of the story[,]” though “[t]here need be no delay between the time ‘notice’ is given and the time of the hearing.” Id. at 581-82 , 419 U.S. 565 , 95 S.Ct. 729 , 42 L.Ed.2d 725 . The Court “stop[ped] short of construing the Due Process Clause to require, countrywide, that hearings in connection with short suspensions must afford the student the opportunity to secure counsel, to confront and cross-examine witnesses supporting the charge, or to call his own witnesses to verify his version of the incident.” Id. at 583 , 419 U.S. 565 , 95 S.Ct. 729 , 42 L.Ed.2d 725 . Id. at 1123-24.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 388 F. Supp. 2d 994 - Waln Ex Rel. Waln v. Todd County School District