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Opponents warn HB12 would expand juvenile registry and permanently exclude some students from in-person school
Summary
HB12 would broaden the juvenile offender registry and give school superintendents limited access to registrant information; juvenile-defense, education, disability and child-rights witnesses said the bill risks permanent school exclusion, harms children with disabilities, and undercuts individualized judicial findings.
Delegate Griffith presented HB12, which would add certain sexual-offense offenses to the juvenile offender registry and permit a superintendent and one designee to receive registry information for school-safety decisionmaking. The sponsor said the change is intended to prevent placing convicted juveniles back into classrooms with victims.
Opponents urged an unfavorable report. Steven…
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