A bill to bar suspension of students for low-level behavior issues known as “willful defiance” in California’s public schools through 12th grade passed both houses in the Legislature this week.
A bill to bar suspension of students for low-level behavior issues known as "willful defiance" in California’s public schools through 12th grade passed both houses in the Legislature this week.
"SB 274 is based on a simple premise: Students belong in school," Skinner said in a statement on Wednesday. "Suspending students, no matter what the age, fails to improve student behavior and greatly increases the likelihood that the student will fail classes or drop out of school completely." Under this new bill, willful defiance suspensions would be barred in grades 6-12, with a sunset of July 1, 2029, in all California public schools.
The bill was sponsored by by a large coalition that includes State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, American Civil Liberties Union, California Action, Alliance for Boys and Men of Color , Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement , Dolores Huerta Foundation, Disability Rights California, East Bay Community Law Center, Generation Up, Mid-City Community Advocacy Network, Public Counsel, Youth Alliance, and Youth Justice Education Clinic – Loyola Law School.
In recognition of the unnecessary harm caused by willful defiance suspensions, Skinner's office said that many California school districts have eliminated them, including Oakland, San Francisco, Pasadena, during the past decade.
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