Bill Text: VA SB829 | 2017 | Regular Session | Chaptered


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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2017-03-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0303) [SB829 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-SB829-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 303
An Act to direct the Board of Education to establish guidelines for alternatives to suspension.
[S 829]
Approved March 3, 2017

 

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.

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