Legislation - HB1132

Title: Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline
Sponsored by: Delegates Tomlinson, Acevero, Alston, Arentz, Bouchat, Ciliberti, Fraser-Hidalgo, Miller, T. Morgan, Rose, Simmons, Spiegel, and Taveras
Status: In the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Analysis

Synopsis

Requiring a principal or school administration to investigate each student fight or physical struggle; prohibiting a school employee from disciplining a student who, after an investigation, more likely than not used reasonable force necessary to protect the student or to escape the attack; and requiring a principal or school administration to expunge certain documentation from a student's disciplinary record under certain circumstances.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0783

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/05/2025 Legislative Date 2/05/2025 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/05/2025	2/05/2025	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline

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