Public elementary or secondary school students; evidence-based restorative disciplinary practices.
It became law on Apr 13.
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- Became law
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- House
- Sponsors
- +5
- Latest action
- Apr 13
What it does
Public elementary and secondary school students; consideration of evidence-based restorative disciplinary practices required; exceptions; report. Prohibits any public elementary or secondary school student from being suspended, expelled, or excluded from attendance at school unless the school first considers at least one evidence-based restorative disciplinary practice, as defined in the bill, except in the case of certain enumerated serious offenses or aggravating circumstances, as defined in the bill. The bill requires each school, any time it imposes exclusionary discipline instead of an evidence-based restorative disciplinary practice, to document in the student's disciplinary record,…
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This bill passed and is now law.
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Law in Virginia. Agencies now write the rules that carry it out, and courts can stay or strike it.
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