Expulsion
The US (and Scottish) term for permanently removing a student from a school; in Scotland the formal term is exclusion and removal from the register.
- Used in
- United States, Scotland
- Topic
- Behaviour
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Related terms
- Permanent exclusion England Wales
- Removing a pupil from a school's roll permanently because of serious or persistent breaches of the behaviour policy. Often called being expelled.
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