Assault and battery; limited exception to charges for certain school personnel. (SB26)
Introduced By
Sen. Edd Houck (D-Spotsylvania) with support from co-patron Sen. Roscoe Reynolds (D-Martinsville)
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Description
Teacher aides, school bus drivers, and school bus aides; limited exception to simple assault or assault and battery. Adds teacher aides, school bus drivers, and school bus aides to the list of school personnel provided a limited exception to charges of simple assault or assault and battery while acting in the course and scope of their official capacity when using: (i) incidental, minor or reasonable physical contact or other actions designed to maintain order and control; (ii) reasonable and necessary force to quell a disturbance or remove a student from the scene of a disturbance that threatens physical injury to persons or damage to property; (iii) reasonable and necessary force to prevent a student from inflicting physical harm on himself; (iv) reasonable and necessary force for self-defense or the defense of others; or (v) reasonable and necessary force to obtain possession of weapons or other dangerous objects or controlled substances or associated paraphernalia that are upon the person of the student or within his control. Amends § 18.2-57 (“Assault and battery.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Status
04/05/2006: signed by governor
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