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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
Senate: ED DP 4-3-0-0 | Third Read 16-10-4-0 |
SB 1074: classroom management; students; temporary removal
Sponsor: Senator Kavanagh, LD 3
Committee on Education
Overview
Allows a principal or administrator, if a teacher removes a student from a classroom, to direct the student to return to the classroom only if the principal or administrator provides the teacher a written certification that contains prescribed information.
History
Students must comply with the rules, pursue the required course of study and submit to the authority of the teachers, administrators and school district governing board (governing board). A teacher may send a student to the principal's office to maintain effective classroom discipline and the principal must employ appropriate discipline management techniques that are consistent with governing board rules. A teacher may remove a student from the classroom if the teacher has either: 1) documented that the student has repeatedly interfered with the teacher's ability to communicate effectively with other students or with the ability of other students to learn; or 2) determined that the student's behavior is so unruly, disruptive or abusive that it seriously interferes with the teacher's ability to communicate effectively with other students or with the ability of other students to learn (A.R.S. § 15-841).
A governing board must: 1) in consultation with teachers and parents, prescribe rules for the discipline, suspension and expulsion of students that are consistent with the constitutional rights of students; 2) support and assist teachers in implementing and enforcing discipline rules; 3) develop procedures to allow teachers and principals to temporarily remove disruptive students from class; and 4) delegate to the principal the authority to remove a disruptive pupil from the classroom (A.R.S. § 15-843).
Provisions
1. Stipulates that if a teacher removes a student from a classroom according to rules governing student conduct, the principal or designated school administrator may direct the student to return to the classroom only if the principal or administrator provides the teacher a written certification that:
a. states the principal or administrator is authorizing the student to be readmitted to the classroom; and
b. describes any disciplinary action taken in response to the behavior for which the student was removed.
2. Defines classroom and rules governing student conduct.
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