Student Fair Access to School Act of 2017
November 21, 2017
Student Fair Access to School Act of 2017
Sponsor(s): Councilmembers Grosso, Cheh, Bonds, and Nadeau
Status: Referred to Committee on Education
Date Introduced: 11/21/17
Hearing Date: 1/30/18
Description: As introduced, this bill requires DC Public Schools and charter schools to establish parameters for discipline policies by including limits on the use of suspensions, expulsions, and reporting.
- Requires school discipline policies to conform to certain standards
- Ban schools from suspending students through 8th grade with few exceptions
- Limits suspensions in grades 8-12 for a variety of incidents
- Prevents a school from taking action against a student for issues arising off of school property
- Limits instances where a student can be expelled