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2002 SESSION
HB 512 Student discipline.
Introduced by: Bradley P. Marrs | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Student discipline. Amends student suspension and expulsion requirements by prohibiting the imposition of disciplinary actions against students, unless required to comply with federal Gun-Free Schools provisions, for (i) reasonable actions taken in good faith by a student in defense of himself or others; to prevent harm to property; or in response to provocation; (ii) possession of a bona fide eating or food service utensil, personal grooming device, or mechanical tool, unless such utensil, device, or tool is brandished or employed as a weapon or otherwise to effect or to threaten an act of violence against another or against property; and (iii) possession or use of nonprescription medication, regardless of whether school personnel have knowledge of such possession or use, if such nonprescription medication is held with the prior or subsequent approval of the pupil's parent. No student who has received notice of an intended suspension or expulsion who asserts these particular actions can be suspended or expelled until school administrators conduct a preliminary factual inquiry regarding the validity of such assertion. School boards shall adopt procedures consistent with due process requirements of this article for the conduct of such inquiry.
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HISTORY
- 01/09/02 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/02 027361826
- 01/09/02 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/30/02 House: Passed by indefinitely in Education (13-Y 8-N)