Are you sure you are right about that? @lsutiga is a school administrator and he says that students have a definite right to due process. I have googled up dozens of student codes of conduct and all seem to have due process. And Title IX . . .
Since Title IX is a federal civil right, the appropriate standard of evidence is a “preponderance of the evidence.” This standard of evidence means that a hearing must determine whether a complaint of sex discrimination is “more likely than not” to have occurred or 51% likely to have occurred. This standard applies for all complaints of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment and violence, because Title IX outlines standards for school disciplinary processes— not criminal complaints, which requiree the highest standard of evidence, “beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Under Title IX, both the accuser and accused have equal rights, such as the right to:
- Have an adviser of choice present during the process (this includes an attorney if allowed at all by schools)
- Present evidence or have witnesses speak on their behalf
- Have timely access to information that will be used at the hearing
- Be present at pre-hearing meetings that provide an opportunity to present their testimony
- Receive the final hearing decision in writing at the same time as the other party without being required to sign a non-disclosure agreement
- Have the right to appeal a final decision
- The DCL warns schools creating a disciplinary system requiring the accused and accuser to directly interact may be re-traumatizing and discourages this practice
http://knowyourix.org/title-ix/title-ix-in-detail/
That is a lot of due process and it is all spelled out in detail. Handcuffs certainly imply that a criminal complaint is at issue here. In that case federal law gives us all due process.