Legislation - SB0783

Title: Public Schools – Student Fights – School Investigation and Discipline
Sponsored by: Senators Carozza, Bailey, Charles, Corderman, Gallion, Henson, Hershey, Hester, Folden, James, Jennings, McKay, Ready, Salling, Watson, and West
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
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:: Education, Energy, and the Environment

Details

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/31/2025 Legislative Date 1/27/2025 Action First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment 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
Senate	1/31/2025	1/27/2025	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
			Text - First - Public Schools – Student Fights – School Investigation and Discipline

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