HB-5800 Summary

• School districts and public school academies cannot expel a pupil or suspend them for more than 10 school days for actions arising from an incident in which the pupil reports being sexually assaulted or school officials witness or receive credible evidence of sexual assault.

• School boards are encouraged to follow recommendations from the Title IX coordinator when deciding whether to suspend a pupil under these protections.

• Restrictions do not apply if the pupil is convicted or adjudicated of violent felonies including aggravated assault, felonious assault, assault with intent to murder, attempted murder, homicide, manslaughter, or criminal sexual assault.

• Restrictions do not apply if the pupil commits acts described under school code section 1311(2) or if a Title IX investigation determines by clear and convincing evidence that the sexual assault report is conclusively false.

• The act takes effect 90 days after enactment.