Alternatives to suspension; Board of Education shall establish guidelines for local school boards. (SB829)

Introduced By

Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-Leesburg) with support from co-patron Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Public schools; suspensions. Directs the Board of Education to establish guidelines for alternatives to short-term and long-term suspension for consideration by local school boards. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
11/10/2016Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100600D
11/10/2016Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/12/2017Impact statement from DPB (SB829)
01/18/2017Assigned Education sub: Public Education
02/02/2017Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2017Read second time and engrossed
02/06/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2017Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2017Placed on Calendar
02/08/2017Read first time
02/08/2017Referred to Committee on Education
02/13/2017Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2017Read second time
02/15/2017Read third time
02/15/2017Passed House (85-Y 13-N)
02/15/2017VOTE: PASSAGE (85-Y 13-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2017Enrolled
02/17/2017Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB829ER)
02/17/2017Impact statement from DPB (SB829ER)
02/17/2017Signed by Speaker
02/20/2017Signed by President
02/21/2017Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/2017G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
03/03/2017G Approved by Governor-Chapter 303 (effective 7/1/17)
03/03/2017G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0303)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 44 seconds.

Comments

Eva King writes:

I support this effort to find alternatives to the current practices of short- and long-term suspensions, as these measures ultimately put the "problem kids" on a further downward trajectory, that is hard to break.