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AL HB122
Bill
Status
1/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Jack Williams
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AI Summary
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Requires each board of trustees of public four-year colleges or universities and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System to adopt a comprehensive policy by January 1, 2019.
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Policy must notify students of their right to remain silent in response to questions about potential criminal conduct under investigation and that silence will not be self-incriminating.
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Policy implementation begins with the 2020-2021 school year and must include guidelines instructing disciplinary adjudicators to not draw inferences from student refusal to answer questions.
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Policy must allow students to have an attorney actively participate in disciplinary hearings related to potential criminal conduct.
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Act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Education, colleges and universities, boards of trustees required to develop policy, students under investigation criminal conduct, right to remain silent
Education
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy
1/9/2018