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Committee weighs extending school expulsions to calendar year for severe misconduct
Summary
House Bill 1223 would allow school boards to impose suspensions or expulsions measured by calendar year for severe misconduct, rather than automatically ending expulsions at the start of the next academic year, Representative Jonas told the House Education Committee.
Representative Jonas introduced House Bill 1223 and said the bill would give school boards flexibility to set suspension or expulsion durations measured by calendar year rather than ending automatically at the end of the academic school year. He said the change would let districts address serious incidents that occur late in a school year without returning the student to campus at the start of the next school year when the harm and need for services remain unresolved.
"House Bill 1223 will give the district flexibility when determining the duration of an expulsion or suspension, [based on] the severity of the infraction, taking consideration the age of the student and their discipline history," Jonas said, stressing that the change would apply to severe or violent…
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