Bill Text: CT SB00197 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning In-school Suspensions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-08 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Education [SB00197 Detail]

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General Assembly

 

Raised Bill No. 197

February Session, 2010

 

LCO No. 1048

 

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Referred to Committee on Planning and Development

 

Introduced by:

 

(PD)

 

AN ACT CONCERNING IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (g) of section 10-233c of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(g) On and after July 1, [2010] 2012, suspensions pursuant to this section shall be in-school suspensions, unless during the hearing held pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the administration determines that the pupil being suspended poses such a danger to persons or property or such a disruption of the educational process that the pupil shall be excluded from school during the period of suspension. An in-school suspension may be served in the school that the pupil attends, or in any school building under the jurisdiction of the local or regional board of education, as determined by such board.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

from passage

10-233c(g)

Statement of Purpose:

To delay the implementation of a mandate on municipalities and school districts.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

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