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Principals ask lawmakers to restore short suspensions for K–3 to address safety and create reentry plans
Summary
Elementary principals and school leaders urged the Senate Education Policy Committee to amend Minnesota's non‑exclusionary discipline law so principals can use short suspensions (up to three days) in K–3 when necessary to restore safety and plan reentry for dysregulated students.
A group of Minnesota elementary principals told the Senate Education Policy Committee that the state's non‑exclusionary discipline policy for kindergarten through third grade removes a valuable tool — short suspensions — that they say is sometimes necessary to protect safety and organize supports for students and staff.
"Safety is the highest priority at all of our schools," said Patrick Glynn, principal at Jefferson Pond Elementary School in Prior Lake. Glynn told the committee that in 20 years as an elementary principal he has used suspensions "minimally and with success" and that an immediate, short…
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