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Committee passes bill tightening rules on teacher removals from class; mandates conference and allows behavioral threat assessments
Summary
HB 1062, amended and passed by the committee, requires that when teachers remove a student from class for specified disruptive, violent or abusive conduct the principal or a designee hold a conference before the student returns and provides for behavioral threat-assessment consideration and exclusions for correctional/other facilities.
Representative Scott Richardson presented HB 1062 with an amendment that adds behavioral threat-assessment language and narrows some references to alternative learning environments. The bill addresses teacher removals from class, the conference requirement before a student's return, and the procedures schools must follow when a student is removed for disruptive or violent behavior.
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