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


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to direct the Board of Education to establish guidelines for alternatives to suspension.
[S 829]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Board of Education shall establish guidelines for alternatives to short-term and long-term suspension for consideration by local school boards. Such alternatives may include positive behavior incentives, mediation, peer-to-peer counseling, community service, and other intervention alternatives.

SENATE BILL NO. 829

Offered January 11, 2017
Prefiled November 10, 2016
A BILL to direct the Board of Education to establish guidelines for alternatives to suspension.
Patron-- Wexton
Referred to Committee on Education and Health

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Board of Education shall establish guidelines for alternatives to short-term and long-term suspension for consideration by local school boards. Such alternatives may include positive behavior incentives, mediation, peer-to-peer counseling, community service, and other intervention alternatives.