1999 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 489

File Code: Primary and Secondary Education Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 368
Sponsored By:
Delegates Menes, Hixson, Healey, Benson, Carlson, C. Davis, Frush, Howard, Hubbard, Kopp, Marriott, Patterson, Proctor, and Shriver
Entitled:
Education - Suspension and Expulsion - Behavioral or Mental Health Assessment

Synopsis:

Requiring a county superintendent of schools to refer for a behavioral or mental health assessment a child who has been suspended for an extended period of time or expelled; establishing specified information and recommendations to be included in an assessment; requiring, to the extent possible, a parent to be included in the assessment process; requiring a county board to develop an incentive program to encourage the use of student assessments; prohibiting an assessment from delaying a student's return to school; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/10
First Reading Ways and Means
Hearing 2/25 at 11:00 a.m.
3/15
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Paul Carlson, District 39
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
DISCIPLINE
EDUCATION, BOARDS OF
EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF
MANDATES
MENTAL HEALTH
MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
STUDENTS
Bill affects the following Statute:
Education
( 7-305 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered