In 2017 our legislature restricted the authority of school administrators to order an out-of-school suspension for a student below grade three.  Suspensions of those young ‘uns was limited to offenses involving weapons, violence, drugs or alcohol.

This year the legislature put students who are homeless in the same category.  Regardless of age or grade level, a student who is homeless can be suspended out of school only for those same four categories of behavior.   Instead, the new law instructs the campus behavior coordinator to “coordinate with the school district’s homeless education liaison to identify appropriate alternatives.”

This one is HB 692.

DAWG BONE: RESTRICTIONS OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR  STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS.

Tomorrow: Is the F-word ever uttered on your campus?