Suggested Best Practices for Alternative Educators
The Governor’s Alternative Education Advisory Group has suggested several
general recommendations for alternative educators:
 Schools should avoid sending students to alternative schools for 5-10 day
suspensions. Students should be remanded to an alternative school for an
appropriate length of time for learning to occur.
 Whenever possible, the student’s transition back to the home school
should occur at a natural break, such as the end of a grading period or
semester.
These recommendations are not a mandatory requirement for alternative
educators and/or alternative schools or programs.