HB 1124 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Education, Board of; policies for codes of student conduct, contents.

Summary
Board of Education; school boards; codes ofstudent conduct; contents. Requires the Board of Education'sguidelines and model policies for codes of student conduct to includea requirement that any code of student conduct is enforced and anystudent behavioral intervention or disciplinary method or measureis utilized in a fair, proportional, unbiased, and neutral manner,for the sole purpose of maintaining safe learning environments, andwith full and sole consideration of the student's behavior and withno consideration of any individual immutable characteristic of the student such as the student's sex or race. The bill requires eachschool board to establish and continuously maintain a system of fair,proportional, unbiased, and neutral student behavioral interventionand discipline and prohibits any school board from establishing ormaintaining any system of student behavioral intervention or discipline,including positive behavioral interventions and supports or any substantiallysimilar disciplinary method, that targets or differentiates studentbehavioral interventions or disciplinary methods or measures basedon any factor other than the student's behavior.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2022 Last action Feb 9, 2022
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Committee
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Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22103507D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Timothy V. Anderson
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