What a Hawaii public school must do when it suspends or expels your child — the caps, the hearing, and where the appeal clock actually lives.
Federal floor (all states): notice of the charges, an explanation of the evidence if your child denies them, and a chance to tell their side before a suspension of up to 10 days (Goss v. Lopez). With an IEP, the federal discipline clock adds the 10-school-day manifestation review and the 45-school-day interim-setting rules (34 CFR §§300.530–300.536).
Longest single suspension: 10 school days (principal-approved); longer removals need complex area superintendent approval.
Hearing: Suspensions over 10 days, disciplinary transfers, and dismissals require complex area superintendent approval and Chapter 19 due process..
Appeal deadline in state law: 10 days to the superintendent of education — to superintendent of education.
Longest expulsion: 92 school days for weapons, drug, or alcohol offenses (HRS § 302A-1134.6); no general ceiling in statute.
Sources: HRS §§ 302A-1134, 302A-1134.6; HAR §§ 8-19-5, 8-19-9
Rules checked October 2026 — every rule on this page is cited to its source. Verify day counts against your district's official calendar.
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