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1998 SESSION

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HB 1421 Expulsion of students for possession of certain weapons.

Introduced by: Lionell Spruill, Sr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Expulsion of students for possession of certain weapons. Provides for expulsion from public school attendance for one calendar year for those students whom a school board has determined, in accordance with established due process procedures, to have brought on to school property or to a school-sponsored activity certain specified weapons, such as a bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, razor, slingshot, spring stick, fighting chain, throwing star, or oriental dart. A school board may, however, determine, based on the facts of the particular case, that special circumstances exist and another disciplinary action or term of expulsion is appropriate.

Mirroring language in the Gun-Free Schools Act, § 22.1-277.01, the measure requires each school board to revise its standards of student conduct no later than three months after the date on which this act becomes effective to reflect this requirement. The local school board is to report annually to the Board of Education regarding a description of the circumstances pertaining to expulsions imposed under this measure.


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