Indiana Senate Bill 117 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-10 - Senator Melton added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Education and Career Development Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Limits on expulsions and long-term suspensions. Requires a determination that a student's school suspension or expulsion will prevent or reduce the risk of interference with an educational function or school purposes, disruption of the learning environment, or physical injury to the student, other students, school employees, or school visitors and, in the case of an expulsion, a determination that all other available and appropriate disciplinary and behavioral interventions have been exhausted. Requires inclusion of the rationale for the use of school suspension or expulsion in the statement to a student's parent.

Limits on expulsions and long-term suspensions. Requires a determination that a student's school suspension or expulsion will prevent or reduce the risk of interference with an educational function or school purposes, disruption of the learning environment, or physical injury to the student, other students, school employees, or school visitors and, in the case of an expulsion, a determination that all other available and appropriate disciplinary and behavioral interventions have been exhausted. Requires inclusion of the rationale for the use of school suspension or expulsion in the statement to a student's parent.

Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

Sen. Eddie Melton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-10	Senate	Senator Melton added as coauthor
2018-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2018-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senator Randolph Lonnie M

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/117/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/c/3/1/fc310611/SB0117.01.INTR.pdf