Bill Text: VA HB366 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Suspension and expulsion; prohibits instances of disorderly or disruptive behavior offenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-06 - House: Continued to 2013 in Education by voice vote [HB366 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB366-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 366 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 10, 2012 A BILL to amend and reenact §22.1-277 of the Code of Virginia, relating to student discipline; suspensions and expulsions. ---------- Patron-- McClellan ---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §22.1-277 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§22.1-277. Suspensions and expulsions of pupils generally.

A. Pupils may be suspended or expelled from attendance at school for sufficient cause; however, in no cases may sufficient cause for suspensions include only instancescase shall:

1. Instances of only truancy provide sufficient cause for a suspension;

2. Instances of only technology offenses, as defined by the Board of Education, provide sufficient cause for a long-term suspension or expulsion; or

3. Instances of only disorderly or disruptive behavior, as defined by the Board of Education, provide sufficient cause for a long-term suspension or expulsion.

B. Any student for whom the division superintendent of the school division in which such student is enrolled has received a report pursuant to §16.1-305.1 of an adjudication of delinquency or a conviction for an offense listed in subsection G of §16.1-260 may be suspended or expelled from school attendance pursuant to this article.

C. The authority provided in §22.1-276.2 for teachers to remove students from their classes in certain instances of disruptive behavior shall not be interpreted to affect the operation of §22.1-277.04, 22.1-277.05, or 22.1-277.06.