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Buffalo board adopts revised suspension policy limiting exclusions for youngest students
Summary
After months of public comment urging limits on exclusionary discipline for pre-K–3 students, the Buffalo Board of Education voted to adopt policy 7313 on first reading, directing changes to the code of conduct and promising regulations and implementation steps.
The Buffalo Board of Education on Sept. 17 adopted a revised student suspension policy, known in the packet as policy 7313, after extended public comment and debate about limiting suspensions for prekindergarten through third-grade students. The board voted to waive a second reading and adopt the policy at the meeting.
The change follows repeated testimony from parents, advocates and community members who urged the district to limit exclusionary discipline for its youngest learners and to adopt restorative and trauma-informed alternatives.…
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