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HB 2409 Student discipline; possession and use of nonprescription medications.

Introduced by: Bradley P. Marrs | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Student discipline; possession and use of nonprescription medications. Amends student suspension and expulsion requirements by prohibiting the imposition of disciplinary actions against any student for possession or use of nonprescription medications, regardless of whether school personnel have knowledge of such possession or use, if such nonprescription medication is held with the prior knowledge and consent of the student's parent. No student who has received notice of an intended suspension or expulsion who asserts parental knowledge and approval as justification for his action 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 for the conduct of such inquiry. Such procedures may provide for expedited and summary administrative hearings, and may require the student to bear the burden of proof on all issues arising out of the parental knowledge and approval assertion.

The measure is not to be construed to limit or proscribe the discretion of school boards to adopt or enforce student conduct policies prohibiting or otherwise affecting the provision of nonprescription medications by a student to any other person while on school property.


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