School expulsions; removes provision prohibiting reversal of decision. (HB1498)
Introduced By
Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
School expulsions; reversal. Removes a provision prohibiting the reversal of a decision to expel a student on the grounds that certain enumerated factors were not considered. Read the Bill »
Status
01/28/2013: Failed to Pass in Committee
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/02/2013 | Committee |
| 01/02/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100104D |
| 01/02/2013 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 01/11/2013 | Assigned Education sub: Students and Early Education |
| 01/24/2013 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) |
| 01/28/2013 | Passed by indefinitely in Education |
Comments
The ACLU of VA supports this bill because it restores discretion to administrators in deciding the reversal of a students' expulsion, key to combating the policies and practices that push our nation’s schoolchildren, especially our most at-risk children, out of classrooms and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems - also known as the "school to prison pipeline." Research suggests that the overuse of suspensions and expulsions may actually increase the likelihood of later criminal misconduct. Overly harsh disciplinary policies push students down the pipeline and into the juvenile justice system. Factors mandated by law to be considered by the board in an expulsion hearing are rendered null if the board doesn’t actually use them to justify an expulsion and subsequently, the student is prohibited from seeking a reversal for failure of the board to perform their duty.