Student Fair Access to School Act of 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