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Committee amends student-discipline policy to align with school-climate law and IDEA protections
Summary
Revisions to policy 5131 update bullying and "challenging behavior" definitions, expand protected classes per state law, add procedural checks for homeless students and ensure IDEA service continuity when suspensions exceed 10 cumulative days.
Speaker 2 summarized major changes to the student-discipline policy (5131), telling the committee the updated law contains a new definition of bullying and requires boards to address challenging behavior in accordance with the revised school climate law. The revised policy, Speaker 2 said, "when appropriate, the school district will implement strategies to address student behavior consistent with the school climate policy with or without engagement with the discipline process."
Key changes: the definition of challenging…
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