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SB 490: Student Discipline

GENERAL BILL by Bullard

Student Discipline; Revising the duties of the district school boards relating to student discipline and school safety; revising the qualifications of a school resource officer and a school safety officer; requiring each district school board to adopt a policy on referrals to the criminal justice system or the juvenile justice system, rather than a policy of zero tolerance for crime and victimization, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 3/11/2016 Senate - Died in Education Pre-K - 12
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (AED)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/9/2015 Senate • Filed
10/21/2015 Senate • Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Fiscal Policy -SJ 36
1/12/2016 Senate • Introduced -SJ 36
3/11/2016 Senate • Died in Education Pre-K - 12