TO CREATE THE TEACHER AND STUDENT PROTECTION ACT OF 2025.

HB 1062 (now Act 565) amends school disciplinary procedures to require school staff conducting conferences about student removals for violent behavior to determine if a behavioral threat assessment is necessary. It specifically modifies conference protocols to address cases where students are removed from classrooms due to violent conduct, adding this assessment step to the process. The bill excludes certain facilities (Division of Youth Services schools, contracted facilities, and the Arkansas Correctional School District) from these requirements. The law applies directly to school staff handling student disciplinary cases involving violence, focusing on procedural changes rather than new protections. This is a procedural update to existing school discipline rules, not a broad policy change.