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SENATE BILL NO. 829 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled November 10, 2016 A BILL to direct the Board of Education to establish guidelines for alternatives to suspension. ---------- Patrons-- Wexton and McClellan; Delegate: Kory ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

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.