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AZ SB1419
Bill
Status
1/31/2017
Primary Sponsor
Martin Quezada
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 15-841 to establish a formal process for classroom reassignment when a teacher removes a pupil from class and requests the pupil not be returned.
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Creates a requirement for placement review committees at each school to consider teacher requests for pupil reassignment within three school days, composed of two teachers and one administrator.
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Allows pupils to be returned to a teacher's classroom only with the teacher's consent unless the placement review committee determines reassignment is impractical or impossible.
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Permits the principal to temporarily keep a removed pupil out of the original classroom pending the placement review committee's decision.
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Adds provisions allowing pupils who threaten an educational institution to participate in alternative programs (mediation, community service, restitution) as an alternative to expulsion.
Legislative Description
Schools; pupils; removal; reassignment
Education
Last Action
Senate read second time
2/1/2017