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CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1540: Zero-tolerance Policies/Schools [SPSC]

GENERAL BILL by Education Pre-K - 12 ; Judiciary ; Criminal Justice ; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations ; Wise ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sobel ; Bullard

Zero-tolerance Policies/Schools [SPSC]; Requires that a district school board having a policy authorizing corporal punishment as a form of discipline review its policy on said punishment at specified intervals. Provides that zero-tolerance policies do not require the reporting of petty acts of misconduct and misdemeanors to a law enforcement agency. Encourages school districts to use alternatives to expulsion or referral to law enforcement agencies, etc.

Effective Date: 07/01/2009
 Last Action: 5/27/2009 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2009-53
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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/11/2009 Senate • Filed
    2/19/2009 Senate • Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations
    3/2/2009 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/05/09, 10:45 am, 301-S
    3/3/2009 Senate • Introduced, referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations -SJ 00093; On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/05/09, 15 minutes following recess of session, 301-S
    3/5/2009 Senate • CS by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00164; CS read 1st time on 03/19/09 -SJ 00227
    3/6/2009 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/10/2009 Senate • Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 00164
    3/20/2009 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/09, 10:15 am, 37-S
    3/25/2009 Senate • CS/CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00252; CS read 1st time on 04/01/09 -SJ 00261
    3/27/2009 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/30/2009 Senate • Remaining references corrected to Education Pre-K - 12; Judiciary; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations -SJ 00274; Now in Education Pre-K - 12
    4/2/2009 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 04/07/09, 8:00 am, 301-S
    4/7/2009 Senate • Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 00308; Now in Judiciary -SJ 00308
    4/8/2009 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/15/09, 3:00 pm, 110-S
    4/15/2009 Senate • CS/CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 00413; CS read 1st time on 04/21/09 -SJ 00424
    4/17/2009 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute); Now in Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations -SJ 00413; On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations, 04/20/09, 1:30 pm, 309-C
    4/20/2009 Senate • CS/CS/CS/CS by- Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 00414; CS read 1st time on 04/21/09 -SJ 00424
    4/21/2009 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    4/22/2009 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 00414
    4/27/2009 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar
    4/28/2009 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 00681; Amendment(s) adopted (167034) -SJ 00681; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00681
    4/29/2009 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 00746; CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 00747
    4/29/2009 House • In Messages; Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations (CEED) -HJ 01206
    4/30/2009 House • Received -HJ 01206
    5/1/2009 House • Withdrawn from PreK-12 Appropriations (CEED) -HJ 01308; Placed on Calendar -HJ 01308; Read 2nd time -HJ 01308; Read 3rd time -HJ 01308; CS passed; YEAS 119 NAYS 0 -HJ 01309
    5/1/2009 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 01111
    5/15/2009 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
    5/27/2009 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2009-53

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  • CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1540, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 5/4/2009 at 1:27 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (4)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    H 997 (c1) Student Discipline and School Safety Carroll Similar Last Action: 5/2/2009 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on PreK-12 Appropriations (CEED), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1540 (Ch. 2009-53)
    Location:
    H 785 School Safety Clarke-Reed Compare Last Action: 5/2/2009 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on PreK-12 Policy (EPC), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1540 (Ch. 2009-53)
    Location:
    S 406 School Safety/Zero Tolerance [SPSC] Sobel Compare Last Action: 5/2/2009 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Education Pre-K - 12, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1540 (Ch. 2009-53)
    Location:
    S 1250 Corporal Punishment [SPSC] Sobel Compare Last Action: 5/2/2009 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Education Pre-K - 12, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1540 (Ch. 2009-53)
    Location:

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.
    1006.09 Duties of school principal relating to student discipline and school safety.
    1006.13 Policy of zero tolerance for crime and victimization.

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  • CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1540, Engrossed 1 Posted 4/28/2009 at 12:13 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/29/2009 10:30 AM Senate 39 Yeas - 0 Nays
    5/1/2009 1:07 PM House 119 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.
    1006.09 Duties of school principal relating to student discipline and school safety.
    1006.13 Policy of zero tolerance for crime and victimization.

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  • CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1540, Committee Substitute 4 Posted 4/21/2009 at 9:06 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

    Floor Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    167034 - Amendment
    		Sobel 4/27/2009
    10:37 AM     		Senate: Adopted
    4/27/2009     		Web Page
    PDF
    650554 - Amendment
    		Wise 4/27/2009
    1:17 PM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    4/27/2009     		Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.
    1006.09 Duties of school principal relating to student discipline and school safety.
    1006.13 Policy of zero tolerance for crime and victimization.

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  • CS/CS/CS/SB 1540, Committee Substitute 3 Posted 4/17/2009 at 7:36 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    673618 - Amendment
    		Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations
    (Siplin)     		4/20/2009
    11:14 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/20/2009     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/20/2009 1:30 PM Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.
    1006.09 Duties of school principal relating to student discipline and school safety.
    1006.13 Policy of zero tolerance for crime and victimization.

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  • CS/CS/SB 1540, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 3/27/2009 at 2:08 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) (pdf)
    Education Pre-K - 12 (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2009 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    239568 - Amendment
    		Judiciary
    (Fasano)     		4/14/2009
    4:41 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/15/2009     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    4/7/2009 8:00 AM Education Pre-K - 12 8 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/15/2009 3:00 PM Judiciary 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.
    1006.09 Duties of school principal relating to student discipline and school safety.
    1006.13 Policy of zero tolerance for crime and victimization.

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  • CS/SB 1540, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/6/2009 at 1:17 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    237592 - Amendment
    		Criminal Justice
    (Siplin)     		3/24/2009
    5:37 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/27/2009     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/25/2009 10:15 AM Criminal Justice 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.
    1006.09 Duties of school principal relating to student discipline and school safety.
    1006.13 Policy of zero tolerance for crime and victimization.

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  • SB 1540, Original Filed Version Posted 3/3/2009 at 4:02 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    954524 - Amendment
    		Education Pre-K - 12
    (Wise)     		3/4/2009
    9:01 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/5/2009     		Web Page
    PDF
    226852 - Amendment
    		Education Pre-K - 12
    (Wise)     		3/4/2009
    9:01 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/5/2009     		Web Page
    PDF
    905482 - Amendment
    		Education Pre-K - 12
    (Sobel)     		3/5/2009
    3:17 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/5/2009     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/5/2009 10:45 AM Education Pre-K - 12 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.
    1006.09 Duties of school principal relating to student discipline and school safety.
    1006.13 Policy of zero tolerance for crime and victimization.

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