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Committee returns RS 32016 to sponsor to refine school-enrollment denial language
Summary
Sponsor Rep. Chris Mathias introduced RS 32016 to allow school boards to deny enrollment to students disenrolled in lieu of discipline; the committee voted to return the request to the sponsor for redrafting after members asked for clarifications, including federal 504 protections.
Representative Chris Mathias introduced RS 32016 to the House Education Committee on Jan. 23, saying the requested statute change would give local school boards authority to deny enrollment to students who had been disenrolled by parents ‘‘in lieu of discipline’’ in order to prevent students from avoiding sanctions by transferring districts.
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