HB2890 S ED AMT #1 3-2

Hager  7871

The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2890—A Bill to amend and reenact §18A-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authority of teachers and other school personnel for discipline of students; limiting application of certain discipline provisions to grades six through 12 and excluding application to elementary schools; allowing student that behaves in a manner that obstructs the teaching or learning process of others in the classroom to be excluded; removing option to exclude a student from a school bus for certain behaviors; mandating minimum duration of exclusion for certain behaviors; requiring principal to communicate with teacher within 24 hours about exclusion for certain behaviors; establishing time limit for teacher to report exclusion for certain behaviors to the West Virginia Education Information System; providing consequences for student removed for certain behaviors three times in one month; requiring county board policies to encourage the use of alternatives to discipline practices; requiring each county school board to ensure that each school implements a tier system policy to provide a framework for student behaviors and punishments; requiring principal to support the teacher in discipline of the students under certain conditions; prohibiting teacher from being reprimanded under certain conditions; and requiring  procedure for teachers to appeal certain exclusion related actions of principal.

Adopted

Rejected