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AL HB231
Bill
Status
2/16/2016
Primary Sponsor
Nathaniel Ledbetter
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AI Summary
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Courts must provide written notice to school districts when a child is adjudicated delinquent or convicted of committing assault in the first or second degree against another student on school property.
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Schools must discipline the offending student and impose a minimum suspension or detention of at least 30 days.
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Notice must be sent to the district superintendent for public school students or the principal for private school students.
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Confidentiality provisions under Code of Alabama 1975 Sections 12-15-133 and 12-15-217 remain in effect and are not relieved by this requirement.
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The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.
Legislative Description
School violence, assault committed by student against another student on school property, mandatory school discipline
School Violence
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy
2/16/2016