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  6. SB203 Alabama 2021 Session

SB203 Alabama 2021 Session

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Rodger Smitherman
  • Linda Coleman-Madison
  • Vivian Davis Figures
Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Education, K-12, procedural due process protection for suspensions and expulsions provided, findings, hearing officers, Sec. 16-1-14 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, each local board of education is required to annually adopt and distribute a code of student conduct that details specific grounds and procedures for addressing student disciplinary actions

This bill would provide a uniform statewide system of procedural due process protections relating to the suspension and expulsion of public school students for violating the student code of conduct or state law

This bill would also provide for the annual training of impartial hearing officers by the State Department of Education, for the duties of those hearing officers, and for the adoption of any necessary rules to implement this act by the State Board of Education

Relating to K-12 public education; to amend Section 16-1-14, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide legislative findings; to provide a uniform system of procedural due process protections for students facing suspension or expulsion for violating the student code of conduct or state law; to provide for the training of impartial hearing officers by the State Department of Education; and to require the State Board of Education to adopt rules to implement this act.

Subjects
Education

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
March 3, 2021 S Pending third reading on day 12 Favorable from Education Policy
March 3, 2021 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 9, 2021 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing March 3, 2021 Room 825 ****SB 234 PH removed; 2 bills (SB 86 and SB 120) remov at 13:00 Senate ED Hearing

Bill Text

Download SB203 Alabama 2021 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB203 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note Fiscal Note - SB203 for Education Policy
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