OLR Bill Analysis

HB 5526

AN ACT CONCERNING IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS.

SUMMARY:

This bill delays, from July 1, 2009 to July 1, 2012, the starting date for the law that generally requires that educational suspensions take place in-school.

By law, a suspension can take place out of school if the school administration determines, during a hearing, that the pupil being suspended poses such a danger to persons or property or such a disruption to the educational process that he or she must be excluded from school during the suspension period. An in-school suspension may be served in the pupil's school or in any school building under the local or regional board of education's jurisdiction, as determined by the board.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage

COMMITTEE ACTION

Planning and Development Committee

Joint Favorable