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2024 SESSION
HB 853 Students; Department of Education to establish uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior.
Introduced by: Chris Obenshain (by request) | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior. Requires the Department of Education to establish, within its regulations governing student conduct, and each school board to adhere to, a uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior and the removal of a student from a class that includes, among other things, (i) criteria for teachers to remove disruptive students from their classes, including a requirement for a teacher to remove a disruptive student from a class if the disruptive behavior is violent and a requirement to implement a three-strike system for nonviolent disruptive behavior whereby a teacher is required to remove a student from a class if the student repeats or continues the nonviolent disruptive behavior after the teacher provides two warnings to the student; (ii) a prohibition against holding a teacher liable for taking reasonable actions or utilizing reasonable methods to control a physically disruptive or violently disruptive student; and (iii) appropriate exceptions and modifications for children with disabilities based on the unique needs of each such student.
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HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103192D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/29/24 House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/30/24 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Left in Education