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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 618

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Relating to: requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to report suspensions and expulsions of pupils.

Parochial and private schools Public instruction, department of School — Attendance School — Discipline and student rights

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires a private school participating in a parental choice program

to annually report to the Department of Public Instruction all of the following

information related to suspensions and expulsions of pupils from the private school:

1. The number of pupils who were suspended from the private school during

the previous school year.

2. The number of pupils who were expelled from the private school during the

previous school year.

3. The reasons for which pupils were suspended or expelled from the private

school in the previous school year.

4. The length of time for which the pupils were expelled.

5. Whether pupils who were expelled returned to the private school after

expulsions.

6. Any educational programs or services the private school provided to pupils

during expulsions.

7. The grade, sex, and ethnicity of pupils who were suspended or expelled and

whether the suspended or expelled pupils are children with disabilities.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barnes (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Johnson (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kahl (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Zamarripa (D)

6 cosponsors

C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Harris Dodd (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 29, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Pope, Barnes, Genrich, Considine, Sinicki, Sargent, Kolste, Billings, Mason, Ohnstad, Milroy, Jorgensen, Riemer, Goyke, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Bowen, Wachs, C. Taylor, Shankland, Subeck, Johnson, Kahl and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Carpenter, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Wirch and Harris Dodd

  2. Dec 29, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1