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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for all the responses.

One more question: What is my DD's right to privacy about her disability? (To clarify to the PP, I gave the school copies of the report from the licensed clinician stating that DD has a learning disability. There's nothing retroactive here. They knew DD has a disability before she set foot inside the school.)

If DD were to go before this peer panel and argue that her disability influenced her choice to use the incorrect calculator, she would be revealing confidential information about her medical condition to a bunch of 8th graders and some teachers she doesn't know.

Does some sort of privacy rule apply here? Why should DD be compelled to disclose her disability in front of her peers and some strangers?

She's not going in front of the peer panel, no matter what.  But, for the sake of argument, I was wondering what right she has to privacy, and whether this panel would violate it. Is that a compelling argument that might convince the principal to make the decision about DD's punishment himself?

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