Principals are delegated the authority to suspend, recommend the exclusion, cancel the enrolment of or impose a behaviour improvement condition on students attending state schools.
The provision for the use of detention, suspension, exclusion, cancellation of enrolment and behaviour improvement condition is within the range of management options. Principals invoke these sanctions as a last resort option for addressing serious behaviour difficulties, balancing individual circumstances and actions of the student and the needs and rights of school community members.
Decision making processes around School Disciplinary Absences can be multi-faceted and complex. An Easy Guide to Good Administrative Decision Making 
has been developed by the Office of the Ombudsman to assist decision-makers make the best possible decisions.
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