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HB 1600 Student discipline; long-term suspension.
Introduced by: Jeffrey M. Bourne | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Student discipline; long-term suspension. Reduces the maximum length of a long-term suspension from 364 calendar days to 45 school days. The bill permits a long-term suspension to extend beyond a 45-school-day period, not to exceed 364 calendar days, if (i) the offense involves weapons, drugs, or serious bodily injury or (ii) the school board or division superintendent or his designee finds that aggravating circumstances exist, as defined by the Department of Education. The bill requires the Department of Education's definition of aggravating circumstances to include consideration of a student's disciplinary history.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/18 House: Presented and ordered printed 18105597D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106154D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107271D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1600ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/19/18 House: Presented and ordered printed 18105597D
- 01/19/18 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/26/18 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/29/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106154D-H1
- 02/02/18 House: Read first time
- 02/05/18 House: Read second time
- 02/05/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18106154D-H1
- 02/05/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1600H1
- 02/06/18 House: Read third time and passed House (83-Y 15-N)
- 02/06/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (83-Y 15-N)
- 02/06/18 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/06/18 House: Passed House (84-Y 15-N)
- 02/06/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (84-Y 15-N)
- 02/07/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/14/18 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/22/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 1-N)
- 02/22/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107271D-S1
- 02/23/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/26/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18107271D-S1
- 02/26/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1600S1
- 02/26/18 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/28/18 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107271D-S1 (85-Y 13-N)
- 02/28/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (85-Y 13-N)
- 03/02/18 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1600ER)
- 03/02/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/07/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 7, 2018
- 03/07/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/23/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 491 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/23/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491)