HB1461: Students; Department of Education to establish uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior.

Legislative Summary

Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish, within its regulations governing student conduct, and each school board to adhere to, a uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior and the removal of a student from a class that includes, among other things, criteria for teachers to remove disruptive students from their classes, including a requirement for a teacher to remove a disruptive student from a class if the disruptive behavior is violent. The bill also requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint members to a stakeholder work group to discuss and make recommendations to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023, regarding the feasibility of implementing a uniform system of classroom discipline in public elementary and secondary schools in each local school division in the Commonwealth whereby a teacher is required to remove a student from a classroom if the student repeats or continues nonviolent disruptive behavior after the teacher provides two warnings to the student, giving due consideration to the need for appropriate exceptions for students with disabilities. Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish, within its regulations governing student conduct, and each school board to adhere to, a uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior and the removal of a student from a class that includes, among other things, criteria for teachers to remove disruptive students from their classes, including a requirement for a teacher to remove a disruptive student from a class if the disruptive behavior is violent. The bill also requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint members to a stakeholder work group to discuss and make recommendations to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023, regarding the feasibility of implementing a uniform system of classroom discipline in public elementary and secondary schools in each local school division in the Commonwealth whereby a teacher is required to remove a student from a classroom if the student repeats or continues nonviolent disruptive behavior after the teacher provides two warnings to the student, giving due consideration to the need for appropriate exceptions for students with disabilities.