Student discipline; long-term suspension.
Summary
Reduces the maximum length of a long-term suspension from 364 calendar days to 90 school days. The bill prohibits a long-term suspension from extending beyond any 45 school day period unless the school principal or division superintendent finds that aggravating circumstances exist, as defined by the local school board. The bill requires that the length of any long-term suspension that extends beyond any 45 school day period shall be reviewed at the end of each such period.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2016
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Governor
Introduced Dec 27, 2016
Last action Feb 25, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Feb 23, 2017
Committee
Recommitted to Education and Health
legislature
Feb 23, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
legislature
Feb 22, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended HB1534S1
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17105323D-S1
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N)
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1534H1
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17104854D-H1
legislature
Jan 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
legislature
Dec 27, 2016
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Dec 27, 2016
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102700D
legislature
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard P. Bell
RRepublican
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
Co
Lamont Bagby
DDemocratic
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