If I were a juvenile lawyer and a youth had been sentenced by the court as well as punished at school, Ide recommend they sue both for violating double jeopardy since both are governmental institutions. Schools are for educating not deciding how to handle criminal matters. Now, that being said, if a youth is found with marijuana on school grounds, and is arrested, and is found delinquent on the charges and as such gains unexcused absences, and they wish to discipline the youth for that with a suspension or expulsion (in essence adding even more absence from school) that would be a different ma