Due Process

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The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the state from "depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law." While "due process" has never been explicitly defined, the concept is considered to refer to one's right to access the legal and judicial mechanisms of the government. In regards to public schools, "liberty" includes the rights to inclusion in public education, freedom from restraint, maintenance of one's reputation, and rights to property. Because a suspension or expulsion is an exclusion from public education and detainment is a temporary revokation of liberty, disciplinary actions require due process.