Public schools; suspensions.
Summary
Directs the Board of Education to establish guidelines for alternatives to short-term and long-term suspension for consideration by local school boards. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Feb 2017
Introduced Jan 10, 2017
Signed Feb 23, 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
15
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 23, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 231 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (82-Y 12-N)
legislature
Jan 20, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102230D
legislature
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lamont Bagby
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Daun S. Hester
DDemocratic
Co
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
Co
JB
John Bell
DDemocratic
Co
Joseph C. Lindsey
DDemocratic
Co
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Plum
DDemocratic
Co
Lashrecse D. Aird
DDemocratic
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