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Board pulls student code of conduct after heated debate over 'discretion' and restorative-practices rollout
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The Clarke County Board of Education removed the student code of conduct from tonight’s agenda and asked staff to revisit six instances of the word “discretion” after board member Mary P. Bagby and others argued it enables disparate discipline; staff will return with revisions and data next month.
The Clarke County Board of Education voted to pull its proposed student code of conduct from the agenda for additional review after an extended April discussion over multiple uses of the word “discretion” and whether restorative-practices supports are in place districtwide.
Board member Mary P. Bagby urged the board to remove the word from any policy that governs punishment, saying the term “opens the door for discrimination” and citing cases she said showed disproportionate punishment of Black students. “Discretion needs to be taken out. The law should be the law and the rule should be the rule,” Bagby said.
Attorney Pruitt told the board removing the word…
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