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16105493D
SENATE BILL NO. 458
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health
on February 11, 2016)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator McEachin)
A BILL to direct the Board of Education to establish guidelines for alternatives to suspension.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Board of Education shall establish guidelines for alternatives to short-term and long-term suspension for consideration by local school boards. Such alternatives may include positive behavior incentives, mediation, peer-to-peer counseling, community service, and other intervention alternatives.