Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Public school students; authorize community service as an alternative to detention or suspension.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/10 (H) Referred To Education | |
| 2 | 02/04 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2003 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Hines
Additional Authors: Bailey, Broomfield, Ellis, Fleming, Wallace
Code Section: A 037-0011-0053
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT HAS COMMITTED SOME ACT OR ENGAGED IN SOME CONDUCT FOR WHICH THE STUDENT WOULD OTHERWISE BE SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED UNDER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DISCIPLINE PLAN, AND THE STUDENT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION, THEN, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION, THE STUDENT SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM SUPERVISED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE THAT WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, THE STUDENT SHALL RECEIVE YOUTH PEER COUNSELING AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE THAT UPON SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM THE RECORD OF THE STUDENT'S OFFENSIVE ACT OR CONDUCT SHALL BE EXPUNGED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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