<p>I know that if my son is expelled for disciplinary reasons from his state school, it will appear on his records; however, I was wondering what information the school is allowed to give out to anyone inquiring. I know he has to be honest and explain the reason behind the possible expulsion, but I also want to make sure the records are correct and will not be a further hinderance to applying elsewhere sometime in the future.</p>
<p>This also leads me to my next question of how difficult is it to apply elsewhere if someone was expelled for disciplinary reasons from a university? Thanks for any help. We are all very distraught.</p>
<p>I can imagine this is very painful for you. Hang in there! How this will impact him really depends on the reason for the expulsion. What year is he in?</p>
<p>He is in his freshman year. He is being charged with a crime and we are still in the process fighting that in the courts, but it seems universities have their own standards which are much less than our legal system. It seems strange to me that in college you are guilty until proven innocent. A lot rests on what happens on the criminal trial. We have retained an education attorney.</p>
<p>Is he using a public defender? My ds bf was arrested and charged with stupid stuff, kicked a news rack out of anger, drinking under age and basically attitude. It was a small town and the public defender worked with da to get it all brought down to one infraction. He did community servicepaid a fine and it is gone. Often the da’s and the public defenders will work together so as not to ruin a kids life if it’s a one time victimless crime type of deal.</p>
<p>I say this as sometimes they will throw everything at you to get a reasonable plea.</p>
<p>So, not knowing what son did, if anything, hard to give advice. If he did do something, but they are blowing it up, there is wiggle room to make it not be a permanent record.</p>
<p>If he’s over 18 a public defender might be a good idea. One lawyer wanted to charge 5000. But young,ma was a poor college kid and it was thenbest way to go.</p>
<p>Good luck, i know it’s scary</p>
<p>Was the supposed crime on campus? How did school find out? What is the threshold of guilt for school to expel? Infection? Misdemeanor? Violence? Is there a possible probation alternative? Was it in the same town as school? I ask because that determines the relationships between school, cops, etc.</p>
<p>We have a criminal attorney handling the criminal side and an education one for the university side. He could be charged with a felony if found guilty and it happened in the dorms on campus. Campus police is handling the case. </p>
<p>I’m just wondering if the school is successful and is able to expel him, then how difficult would it be to explain the situation and get admitted elsewhere?</p>
<p>Anyhope </p>
<p>Depending on what the crime was (and maybe not even then) there will be a college that accepts your son. He may have to expand the level of school he’s considering, and may have to work hard to find a place.</p>
<p>If the worst happens, and I hope it doesn’t, I would recommend putting together a long list of possible colleges and then having your son writing a letter to each school before applying, explaining the circumstances, taking responsibility and asking whether his application will be considered under the circumstances.</p>
<p>Alternately, he may have to visit and interview and ask this question.</p>
<p>To your original question – you would need a privacy attorney to tell you what the current school can and can’t say. However, I don’t know how you get around the inevitable question on applications about disciplinary proceedings, or why he withdrew, etc.</p>
<p>PM me if you want, and I’ll share a story of a classmate of mine who got to a graduate school after a situation that almost certainly worse than anything your son is likely to have done by a wide margin.</p>