My question involves education law in the State of: Texas
My daughter misspelled two words the same as the boy next to her on a test that she got 90 on. My daughter's teacher would not accept my daughter's answer that she did not cheat. My daughter said many times in class & in hall in front of 3 of her teachers that she did not cheat. The teacher rolled her eyes at my daughter and would not accept her answer. The school had her retake the test and my daughter again scored a 90. They did not have the other boy retake it, or look at how he normally misspells those two words (metal and styrofoam which happens to be spelling words so they have examples of how both spell them). My daughter feels this teacher does not like her and frequently singles her out in front of the whole class that she needs to pay attention. My daughter said the teacher would not accept her answer and she was scared and said yes she did it under duress because the teacher would not accept any other answer.
The two words misspelled are words on another spelling test that our daughter always misspells in a crazy way. We have those test in hand & will go see the two new tests in question on Monday & compare them to how she always misspells these words. She is adamant she didn't cheat, that she was scared & the teacher wouldn't accept her answer.
The school called me & said my daughter was caught cheating & would miss class for a day while put in in school suspension. I don't want my daughter to miss a day of class. If she is going to be wrongfully punished, I would rather she get the paddle & get back to class. But I believe my daughter didn't do it. Her teacher pressured her & she was scared. Should I just fight this up the school chain? It willl make this one teacher, that does not like my daughter, target my daughter more. When we go up there Monday, say she said yes to cheating under duress, because she was scared, & show exactly how she does normally misspell those two words can they still punish her without due process?
My daughter misspelled two words the same as the boy next to her on a test that she got 90 on. My daughter's teacher would not accept my daughter's answer that she did not cheat. My daughter said many times in class & in hall in front of 3 of her teachers that she did not cheat. The teacher rolled her eyes at my daughter and would not accept her answer. The school had her retake the test and my daughter again scored a 90. They did not have the other boy retake it, or look at how he normally misspells those two words (metal and styrofoam which happens to be spelling words so they have examples of how both spell them). My daughter feels this teacher does not like her and frequently singles her out in front of the whole class that she needs to pay attention. My daughter said the teacher would not accept her answer and she was scared and said yes she did it under duress because the teacher would not accept any other answer.
The two words misspelled are words on another spelling test that our daughter always misspells in a crazy way. We have those test in hand & will go see the two new tests in question on Monday & compare them to how she always misspells these words. She is adamant she didn't cheat, that she was scared & the teacher wouldn't accept her answer.
The school called me & said my daughter was caught cheating & would miss class for a day while put in in school suspension. I don't want my daughter to miss a day of class. If she is going to be wrongfully punished, I would rather she get the paddle & get back to class. But I believe my daughter didn't do it. Her teacher pressured her & she was scared. Should I just fight this up the school chain? It willl make this one teacher, that does not like my daughter, target my daughter more. When we go up there Monday, say she said yes to cheating under duress, because she was scared, & show exactly how she does normally misspell those two words can they still punish her without due process?
Student Discipline: Can a School Punish a Student for Cheating if She Confessed Under Duress
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