Bill Text: VA SB458 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

Virginia Senate Bill 458 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-03 - VOTE: DEFEATED (43-Y 55-N) [SB458 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-SB458-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 458 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health on February 11, 2016) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator McEachin) A BILL to direct the Board of Education to establish guidelines for alternatives to suspension.

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.