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AZ SB1419

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/31/2017

Primary Sponsor

Martin Quezada

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Permits the principal to temporarily keep a removed pupil out of the original classroom pending the placement review committee's decision.

  • 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

Full Bill Text

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