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1 New Paragraph; Duties of State Board of Education; Suspension and Expulsion Policies; School Discipline. Amend RSA 186:11 by inserting after paragraph XXXVII the following new paragraph:
XXXVIII. School Discipline.
(a) Require each school district to establish a policy on school discipline that contains the specific basis for in-school suspensions, short term out-of-school suspensions, long term out-of-school suspensions and expulsions, and the maximum length of long term suspensions.
(b) Require each school district to make its policy on school discipline available to parents at the beginning of each school year, along with a statement describing the procedural protections available to students subject to school discipline, and publicly available either on the district website or by providing a copy to the department of education, which shall publish it on its website.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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1 New Paragraph; Duties of State Board of Education; Suspension and Expulsion Policies; School Discipline. Amend RSA 186:11 by inserting after paragraph XXXVII the following new paragraph:
XXXVIII. School Discipline.
(a) Require each school district to establish a policy on school discipline that contains the specific basis for in-school suspensions, short term out-of-school suspensions, long term out-of-school suspensions and expulsions, and the maximum length of long term suspensions.
(b) Require each school district to make its policy on school discipline available to parents at the beginning of each school year, along with a statement describing the procedural protections available to students subject to school discipline, and publicly available either on the district website or by providing a copy to the department of education, which shall publish it on its website.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.