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CS/HB 997: Student Discipline and School Safety

GENERAL BILL by PreK-12 Policy Committee ; Carroll ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bovo ; Clarke-Reed ; Coley ; Kelly

Student Discipline and School Safety; Requires that district school board review its policy allowing corporal punishment once every 3 years during district school board meeting; revises content of district school board policies of zero tolerance; revises criteria for reporting acts to law enforcement; requires disciplinary or prosecutorial action taken against student who violates zero tolerance policy to be based on particular circumstances of student's misconduct, etc.

Effective Date: 07/01/2009
Last Action: 5/2/2009 House - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on PreK-12 Appropriations (CEED), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1540 (Ch. 2009-53)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/18/2009 House • Filed
3/3/2009 House • Introduced -HJ 00079
3/5/2009 House • Referred to PreK-12 Policy (EPC); Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP); Education Policy Council -HJ 00182
3/23/2009 House • On Committee agenda-- PreK-12 Policy (EPC), 03/25/09, 1:00 pm, 404-H
3/25/2009 House • CS by PreK-12 Policy (EPC); YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 00278
3/30/2009 House • CS read 1st time on 03/30/09 -HJ 00293; CS filed
3/31/2009 House • CS referred to PreK-12 Appropriations (CEED) -HJ 00315; Now in PreK-12 Appropriations (CEED)
5/2/2009 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on PreK-12 Appropriations (CEED), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1540 (Ch. 2009-53)