HB4775 Summary

• Allows school boards to suspend or expel students convicted of violent felonies if their continued presence would substantially detrimental to the school's general welfare, with suspension up to 10 school days or expulsion up to 2 calendar years.

• Permits boards to immediately refer or transfer students charged with violent felonies to alternative schools or attendance centers without waiting for conviction.

• Defines "violent felony" according to the Medical School Matriculant Criminal History Records Check Act.

• Makes subsection (d-10) of Section 10-22.6 applicable to all school districts including charter schools and special districts, bringing these provisions under the same discipline standards.

• Applies similar suspension and expulsion authority based on violent felony convictions to regional school districts under Section 34-19.