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Committee advances bill requiring schools to consider adverse childhood experiences before long suspensions or expulsions
Summary
SB140 would require districts to seek reasonable ACEs‑related information and consider positive behavioral supports before disciplinary exclusions exceeding 10 cumulative days. Sponsors and representatives said ADE will develop standards and COVID relief funds may support implementation; the committee passed the bill.
Senator (speaker 3) presented SB140 to require school districts to request information about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) before implementing disciplinary actions that exceed 10 cumulative days out of school and to consider positive behavioral supports prior to long suspensions or expulsions.
The sponsor described the bill as narrowly focused on exclusions longer than 10 days and said…
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