SB 1091

Under current law, school boards may do all things reasonable to promote the

cause of education, including make rules pertaining to conduct of pupils to maintain

good decorum and a favorable academic atmosphere in the schools of the school

district. For purposes of rules related to pupil discipline, this bill expressly

authorizes school boards to take into account certain conduct that occurs while a

pupil is not at school or under school supervision. Off-campus pupil conduct that

may be considered for pupil discipline is conduct that 1) is not off-campus conduct

that is a basis for suspension or expulsion under current law, 2) is egregious, and 3)

endangers the safety of a child. Under current law, a pupil may be suspended or

expelled for conduct that does not occur at school or under the supervision of a school

authority if the conduct 1) endangers the property, health, or safety of others at

school or under school supervision or 2) endangers the property, health, or safety of

any school district employee or school board member.

Current law also requires each school board to adopt a code that governs

classroom conduct and specifies that each code of classroom conduct must include

various items related to removing a pupil from a classroom. The bill requires that

a school board's code of classroom conduct must also include a reintegration process

that applies when a pupil returns to the classroom from a suspension or expulsion

that was the result of an act of violence against another pupil. Under the bill, the

reintegration process must include a notice to the parent of a pupil who was a victim

of the violence; an opportunity for the pupil who was a victim of the violence to make

recommendations about the pupil returning to the classroom or school; and a

requirement that the school board take all reasonable and practicable steps to ensure

the emotional and physical safety of a pupil who was a victim of the violence in

reintegrating the pupil to the classroom or school.