Public schools; mandatory expulsion of students. (HB1866)
Introduced By
Del. Roxann Robinson (R-Chesterfield) with support from co-patrons Del. Dickie Bell (R-Staunton), and Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✓ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
✓ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Public schools; expulsion of students. Removes certain weapons from the definition of weapons that require mandatory expulsion from school for up to one year. These are weapons that are not included in the definition of "firearm" in the federal Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (Part F-Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994). Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/08/2013 | Committee |
| 01/08/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102597D |
| 01/08/2013 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 01/11/2013 | Assigned Education sub: Students and Early Education |
| 01/25/2013 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 01/28/2013 | Reported from Education (19-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/29/2013 | Read first time |
| 01/30/2013 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 01/31/2013 | Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) |
| 01/31/2013 | VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/01/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/01/2013 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/07/2013 | Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/08/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/11/2013 | Read third time |
| 02/11/2013 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/14/2013 | Enrolled |
| 02/14/2013 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1866ER) |
| 02/14/2013 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/14/2013 | Signed by President |
| 03/13/2013 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 288 (effective 7/1/13) |
| 03/13/2013 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288) |
Comments
The ACLU of VA supports this bill because it rolls back a zero-tolerance discipline policy that is a key part of 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." There is no evidence that zero-tolerance policies make schools safer or improve student behavior. On the contrary, 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.
Families & Allies of Virginia's Youth supports this bill because it restores a measure of common sense in place of rigid and counterproductive zero tolerance rules.