SB995
Student discipline; long-term suspension.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Student discipline; long-term suspension.
Prohibits a long-term suspension from extending beyond 60 school days unless the school board or the superintendent finds that the student's behavior could constitute an offense of an enumerated crime if the offense occurred at school, on school property, or at a school-sponsored event. The bill requires the school board ... (More) or the superintendent to conduct a review of any suspension that exceeds 60 days at the end of each grading period to determine if the student can return to school early. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/03/2017 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100679D
- 01/03/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/13/2017 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB995)
- 01/18/2017 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105134D-S1
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/03/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2017 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/2017 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17105134D-S1
- 02/06/2017 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB995S1
- 02/07/2017 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N 1-A)
- 02/07/2017 - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
- 02/09/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/2017 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/10/2017 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB995S1)
- 02/13/2017 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/13/2017 - House: Committee substitute printed 17105405D-H1
- 02/14/2017 - House: Read second time
- 02/14/2017 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB995H1)
- 02/15/2017 - House: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/2017 - House: Passed by for the day
- 02/17/2017 - House: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/2017 - House: Read third time
- 02/20/2017 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 17105405D-H1
- 02/20/2017 - House: Defeated by House (39-Y 56-N)
- 02/20/2017 - House: VOTE: DEFEATED (39-Y 56-N) Close Floor Vote
