| SB 0031 | Alters provisions concerning suspension and offences for which a pupil may be prohibited from public school |
| Sponsor: | Foster | |||
| LR Number: | 0425S.02C | Fiscal Note: | 0425-02 | |
| Committee: | Education | |||
| Last Action: | 03/13/03 - Removed from S Consent Calendar | Journal page: | S500 | |
| Title: | SCS SB 31 | |||
| Effective Date: | August 28, 2003 | |||
SCS/SB 31 - This act defines the term "violent felony" for Sections 167.161 and 167.171, RSMo, to include first and second degree murder, first degree assault, forcible rape, forcible sodomy, first degree robbery, first degree arson or kidnaping.
Currently, school districts may suspend a pupil who has been charged, convicted or pled guilty in a court of general jurisdiction for the commission of a felony criminal violation of state or federal law. This act expands the circumstances under which a school district may both suspend a student and prohibit a student from participating in regular programs of instruction to include instances where:
- A pupil has been convicted of a felony criminal violation of state or federal law; or
- An information has been filed alleging that the pupil has committed a violent felony to which there has been no final judgment; or
- The pupil has been adjudicated in juvenile court to have committed an act which if committed by an adult would be a violent felony.
This act is similar to SCS SB 937 (2002).
DONALD THALHUBER