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School board updates discipline policy to reflect House Bill 384, adds expulsion recommendation for drug possession
Summary
At its July 21 special session the Jefferson Parish School Board approved consent-item policy changes reflecting legislative updates to student discipline, shortening minimum suspension for weapons/illegal substances to two semesters and adding a recommended expulsion for possession of drugs on school property even for a first occurrence.
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The Jefferson Parish School Board on July 21 approved an update to its student-discipline policy as part of the meeting’s consent agenda, bringing local rules into alignment with recent state legislative changes identified by board staff.
Board member Mister Sheppard asked whether the policy package under agenda item 2.9 incorporated legislative revisions discussed earlier in committee. "I wanted to make sure any of those were also included in this so that that, that dealt with, not just the drug policies, but any other policies where we talked about, discipline," Sheppard said during the meeting.
"The answer is yes," Dr. Carter said,…
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