| SB 0229 | Raises Compulsory School Attendance Age to 18 Years and Revises Readmission and Reassignment of Suspended Pupils |
| Sponsor: | Russell | |||
| LR Number: | L0994.01I | Fiscal Note: | 0994-01 | |
| Committee: | Education | |||
| Last Action: | 01/22/97 - Referred S Education Committee | Journal page: | S116 | |
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| Effective Date: | August 28, 1997 | |||
SB 229 - This act raises the compulsory attendance age for public schools, including for part-time school for employed persons and children who are parents, from age sixteen years to age eighteen years.
The act permits a school board to authorize the
superintendent to assign or reassign a disruptive pupil to a
special program for disruptive pupils. The act allows a school
board to readmit a suspended pupil to the regular classroom or to
a special program if the board determines that the suspension and
other remedial actions will prevent future misconduct. The act
includes an exception to the ban on readmission for pupils found
to have committed certain serious crimes.
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