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From the ECS State Policy Database 2001 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2001. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All." Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. 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More... PA Signed into law 12/2001 Postsec. Sprinkler Systems in Dormatories H.B. 209 Requires dormitories in public and private institutions of high education to conform to certain automatic sprinkler system specifications. Establishes a loan program. Makes an appropriation and imposes penalties.... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 School Safety and Violence Prevention Act A.B. 819 States the intent of the Legislature that schoolsites receiving funds pursuant to the School Safety and Violence Prevention Act provide age-appropriate instruction in domestic violence prevention, dating violence prevention and interpersonal violence preventio... More... CA Vetoed 10/2001 P-12 Safe Alternatives and Violence Education Program A.B. 1626 Establishes the Safe Alternatives and Violence Education Program to provide nonpunitive intervention for adolescent first-time offenders, ages 10 to 17, inclusive, who have been involved in violence or weapons possession on or near a school campus. Requires th... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Punishment for Infliction of Physical Injury A.B. 653 Chapter No.484, Includes the act of aiding or abetting the infliction or attempted infliction of physical injury to another persons as an act for which a pupil may be suspended but not expelled. Provides for an increase in the fine for assault or battery commi... More... NY Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Suspensions A.B. 9333 Relates to the suspension of students from schools; relates to teacher removal of disruptive students; requires teachers to provide pupils removed from classrooms with an explanation of such removal with one school day of such removal and an opportunity to be ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Development of a discrimination and harassment policy S.B. 257 Specifies that for school/law enforcement partnership purposes, school crime includes hate crimes. Requires the comprehensive school safety plan to include development of a discrimination and harassment policy, as specified, and development of hate crime repor... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State 09/2001 P-12 Definition of sex offense S.B. 299 Chapter No.342, Includes in the definition of sex offense, as used in provisions relating to school employees, any offense against the laws of the United States which if committed or attempted in this State would have been punishable as crimes. Prohibits discl... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Develop model policies on the prevention of bullying A.B. 79 Requires the Department of Education to develop model policies on the prevention of bullying and on conflict resolution. Makes the model policies available to school districts. Authorizes school districts to adopt one or both policies for incorporation into th... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Rules for reporting school violence A.B. 1717 Provides a communication by any person to a school principal or by a student attending the school to the student's teacher, school counselor or nurse and any report of that communication that specifies a person has made a threat to commit violence or potential... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 School district superintendents and suspension policy A.B. 177 Authorizes a school district superintendent or designee, if he or she chooses to extend a suspension, to address the academic needs of the pupil by transferring the pupil to an alternative school placement for remedial instruction or, to the extent feasible, p... More... IL Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Safe to learn Program H.B. 678 Public Act No. 92-409. Amends the Illinois Violence Protection Act of 1995; concerns the Safe to Learn Program; provides for a pilot program. From the legislation: The Authority shall establish and administer a grant program to be known as the Safe to Learn ... More... NC Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Punishment for Drug Offenses S.B. 751 Session Law Number 332., Increases the punishment for drug offenses committed at or near preschool educational program sites.... More... CA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Expulsion of a student possessing an explosive S.B. 166 Chapter No.116, Requires the governing board of a school to order the expulsion of a student possessing an explosive, as defined.... More... DE Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Reporting Crimes on Students H.B. 209 Relate to the reporting of crimes on school property by school officials. This would require a school official to report and investigate a crime against a student if it took place on or off school property.... More... DE Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Fire safety education H.B. 57 Relates to the Department of Education; mandates fire safety education as part of the public school curriculum.... More... DE Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Notification of sex offenders H.B. 247 Relates to community notification of sex offenders; provides that a school community notification must be posted in a prominent school location.... More... LA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Notification of Student Involvement with Juvenile Justice System H.B. 1805 Amends and reenacts Children's Code Article 412(H)(1)(a), relative to notice to schools when students are involved in the juvenile correction system; to clarify that transmission to schools of pertinent portions of predisposition reports affecting students who... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Safe Travel Routes H.B. 3712 City and county governing bodies shall work with school district personnel to identify barriers and hazards to children walking or bicycling to and from school. The cities, counties and districts may develop a plan for the funding of improvements designed to r... More... RI Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Safety Teams H.B. 5924 Requires each city, town and regional school committee to appoint school safety teams to develop school safety plans and school emergency response plans in order to effectively prepare for acts of violence by students, teachers, other school personnel and visi... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Expanding Teacher Rights to Discipline Students S.B. 70 This act seeks to deter frivolous lawsuits against teachers who have attempted to enforce discipline and order in the classroom in the manner permitted by Delaware statute, by forbidding state law actions based on teacher discipline for any acts which do not r... More... FL Filed as Chapter No 06/2001 P-12 Provides death benefits to teachers/administrators who are killed while working H.B. 279 2001-180., Creates the Barry Grunow Act; provides death benefits with respect to teachers and school administrators who are killed as the result of an unlawful or intentional act the result of which occurred when such person was engaged in the performance of t... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 New Provisions for Student Discipline H.B. 646 Amend the School Code; changes the amendatory language to provide instead that a school board, in consultation with its parent-teacher advisory committee and other community-based organizations, must include provisions in the student discipline policy to addre... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Keeping Child Abuse Reports in Student Records H.B. 3055 Amends the Illinois School Records and Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act; provides that after completing an investigation of alleged child abuse the Child Protective Service Unit shall send a copy to the school that the child attends; provides that this... More... IL Amendatory Veto by GOVERNOR 06/2001 P-12 Alcohol on School Property H.B. 445 Provides that any person who has alcoholic liquor in his or her possession on school district property (instead of on school property during school hours or during a school-sponsored event or activity) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor; provides for an exempt... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Crisis Management Plans S.B. 115 Requires all schools to have a written crisis management and response plan in place by 1/1/02.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Suicide Prevention Program S.B. 792 Establishes a program of suicide prevention in public schools.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Zero -Tolerance Policies H.B. 364 Authorizes local school boards to adopt zero-tolerance policies for disciplining students; includes certain requirements in such policies; charges fees relative to such requirements.... More... NC Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Notices to Parents S.B. 811 Session Law Number 244., Ensures that the parents or guardians of students who are suspended or expelled for more than 10 days from school receive notice that is in the appropriate language when foreign language resources are readily avialable.... More... NC Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Suspension/Expulsion Records H.B. 620 Gives school superintendents flexibility regarding the expunction of records of a student's suspension or expulsion from school; requires expunction when the condition in the preceding sentence exists and the school superintendent determines that the record is... More... NH Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Justification for Use of Force H.B. 594 Establishes a committee to study the law on justification for the use of physical force and its implications for teachers or other persons entrusted with the care and supervision of minors in settings such as schools or child care centers.... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Harassment, Intimidation, Discrimination A.B. 459 Prohibits harassment, intimidation, and discrimination in public schools; requires the Department of Education to prescribe a policy for public schools to provide a safe and respectful learning environment; requires the boards of trustees of school districts t... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Immunity From Civil Liability S.B. 572 Provides for immunity from civil liability for school officials, teachers, pupils and parents who report certain threats of violence.... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Hotline H.B. 3647 Directs Department of Justice to establish hotline to allow students and other members of the public to report criminal or suspicious activities on school grounds or at school-sponsored activities and to provide certain procedures for confidentiality.... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Harassment H.B. 3403 Requires superintendent of Public Instruction to develop model policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation or bullying on school grounds, at school activities, on school transportation or at school bus stops; requires each school district to adopt policy again... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Center for School Safety H.B. 3429 Creates Center for School Safety; specifies administration, mission and duties of center; specifies members and terms for Center for School Safety board of directors; directs board to develop plan for assessment of school safety and discipline; requires school... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Discipline of Special Education Students S.B. 189 Relates to school district disciplinary action against a student with a disability who receives special education services. Any disciplinary action regarding a student with a disability who receives special education services that would constitute a change in... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Student Suspensions for Threats H.B. 2140 Relates to school district budgets; relates to calculation of student attendance; provides for suspensions for threats of violence against school property, personnel or students.... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Bullying prevention and education S.B. 80 Requires school districts to include a specific policy concerning bullying prevention and education; requires school districts to submit annual reports to the State Board of Education regarding the district's policy on bullying prevention and education.... More... FL Filed as Chapter No 05/2001 P-12 Zero tolerance in school for victimization of students H.B. 267 2001-125., Relates to provisions regarding juvenile justice including juveniles in community based commitment facilities, zero tolerance in school for victimization of students, prohibiting certain persons from attending certain schools or riding on certain sc... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Use of Force by a Principal H.B. 384 Relates to the provisions of law regarding the use of force by persons with special responsibility for care, discipline or safety of others to include a principal or principal's agent; provides for the use of force at activities supervised by the Department of... More... IL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Preventing a child from attending school S.B. 1026 Amends the School Code; provides that whoever by threat, menace, or intimidation prevents a child entitled to attend a nonpublic school in this State from attending that school or interferes with the child's attendance at that school is guilty of a Class A mis... More... IL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Out-of-state Students and Suspension/Expulsion S.B. 376 Public Act No. 92-64., Amends the School Code; allows a school district to adopt a policy providing that if a student is suspended or expelled for any reason from any public or private school in this or any other state, the student must complete the entire ter... More... IL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Protection Order for Students S.B. 187 Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act; provides that a petitioner for an order of protection who is seeking to have a child protected by the order, if that child is enrolled in any day-care facility, pre-school, pre-kindergarten, private school, public sch... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Sexual Misconduct by a Teacher H.B. 1942 Defines that sexual misconduct with a minor as a Class A felony as a crime of violence; provides that a person employed in a state agency who works with or around children shall be dismissed if the person has a conviction for sexual misconduct with a minor; ex... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Employees Reporting Threats S.B. 33 Amends the crime of intimidation to make it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to communicate a threat to another person with the intent of causing a structure or vehicle to be evacuated; raises the offense to a Class C felony if the person draws a deadly weap... More... KY Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Suspension of Special Education Students S.B. 64 Relates to exceptional children and youth; clarifies a change in educational placement occurs if, due to a suspension, an exceptional child is removed for more than 10 consecutive days during a school year or the child is subjected to a series of removals that... More... MD Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Gun Safety Program for Schools S.B. 124 Creates a mandatory gun safety education program in public schools in the State; requires the State Department of Education to establish guidelines for the program; requires each county board to develop a specified curriculum.... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Repeal of Portable Pager Ban on School Property H.B. 67 Repeals a prohibition against the possession of portable pagers on public school property, except as the prohibition applies in Baltimore County, certain counties, and Baltimore City.... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Establishment of Alternative Education Program H.B. 825 Requires the State Board of Education to create in a county designated by the State Superintendent of Schools a juvenile justice alternative education pilot program for suspended, expelled and other students; authorizes the State Board of Education on a county... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Penalties for Aggressive Behavior S.B. 113 Relates to hostile, aggressive or threatening behavior toward a student, teacher, administrator or other staff member in the crime of disturbing schools; provides that if a person damages or destroys a school building that person commits a civil offense and da... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Administrator Procedures for School Safety H.B. 232 Public Law No. 67., and 69 (LD 269) Requires the Department of Education to develop procedures for school administrative units to use developing local responses to bomb threats, to develop school bomb threat policies and protocols and to include specific infor... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Review of Regulations Related to Student Restraints H.B. 22 Resolve No. 9., (LD 22) Provides for legislative review of the regulations of the Department of Education governing timeout rooms, therapeutic restraints and aversives in public schools and approved private schools.... More... MN Signed by Governor 05/2001 P-12 Grounds for Student Dismissal or Removal from Class H.B. 2107 Relates to education; specifies student conduct as grounds for dismissal or removal from class, including: (a) willful violation of any reasonable school board regulation. Such regulation must be clear and definite to provide notice to pupils that they must co... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Programs for Short-Term Suspensions S.B. 71 Establishes a pilot program under which participating local school administrative units place all students who are on short-term out-of-school suspension in alternative learning programs.... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Causes for expulsion S.B. 115 Expands causes for expulsion to include possession of a dangerous weapon (in addition to term "firearm) while on the premises of any public school, at an activity sponsored by a public school or on any school bus must. For the first occurrence, students must ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Crises Plans S.B. 289 Requires local boards and the governing body of each charter school and private school to establish a committee to develop a plan to be used in responding to certain crises involving violence on school property, at school activities or on school buses; require... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Assault of Employees H.B. 1765, S.B. 46 Relates to assault and battery upon school employees; establishes assault and battery upon a teacher as a felony.... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Wireless Communication Devices H.B. 1092 Relates to wireless telecommunication devices; modifies prohibition; requires school districts to adopt rules prohibiting wireless telecommunication devices; relates to out of school suspension; deletes possession of a wireless telecommunication device as grou... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Hazing H.B. 903 Requires local education agencies to adopt written policies prohibiting hazing by any student or organization operating under sanction of those boards/districts. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1.... More... TX Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 P-12 Restraint and Time Out S.B. 1196 Requires the commissioner to adopt procedures for the use of restraint and time-out by a school district employee or volunteer or an independent contractor of a district in the case of a student receiving special education services. Prohibits putting students... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Texas School Safety Center S.B. 430 Creates the Texas School Safety Center. The purpose of the center is to serve as: (1) a central location for school safety information, including research, training, and technical assistance related to successful school safety programs; and (2) a resource f... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 False alarms, Threats H.B. 1088 Relates to the placement in an alternative education program or expulsion of a public school student who makes a false alarm or report or a terroristic threat.... More... VA House accepts governor's recommendations 05/2001 P-12 Tornado Drills S.B. 1022 Relates to school and institutional crisis and emergency management plans; requires public schools to institute tornado drills at least once a month during the months of March and April every school year to familiarize students with drill procedures to safegua... More... VA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Misdemeanor Charges for Weapons H.B. 1624 Provides that if any person carries about his person a stun weapon or taser, a knife except a pocket knife with a folding blade under 3 inches, or a weapon of like kind, other than a firearm upon the property of any public, private or parochial school grounds ... More... VA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Age-Appropriate Education Programs S.B. 1144 Creates optional age-appropriate education programs for students in grades K-5 who require guidance, supervision and discipline in a structured learning environment and who need to be redirected toward appropriate classroom decorum and acceptable personal beha... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Cannot Suspend for Truancy S.B. 439 Prohibits suspension as discipline for failure to attend class; stipulates other methods of discipline may be used for the pupil which may include, but are not limited to, detention, extra class time or alternative class settings; abolishes corporal punishment... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Bullying, Harassment, Intimidation H.B. 3023 Specifies that counties must establish policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation and bullying by December 2001; requires the department of education to develop a model policy by September 2001.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Insulting Language used toward Teachers H.B. 2394 Makes it unlawful for any person to use profane, violent, vulgar, abusive or insulting language toward any public school teacher during the course of his or her duties.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School Bus Safety H.B. 2464 Requires students to be seated while the school bus is moving.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Notification to a school district when a juvenile is arrested H.B. 1583 Requires notification to a school district when a juvenile is arrested or adjudicated delinquent for any offense that may affect the safety of the juvenile while at school or the safety any other person while at school.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Sexual Offense Against a Student H.B. 2191 Any public school district employee who commits a sexual offense against a minor shall, upon conviction, be dismissed from employment and shall not thereafter be eligible for employment by any school in this state. ... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School Hazing Policies H.B. 2476 EVERY PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN THIS STATE SHALL ADOPT, POST AND ENFORCE A HAZING PREVENTION POLICY. THE HAZING PREVENTION POLICY SHALL BE PRINTED IN EVERY STUDENT HANDBOOK FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS. EACH HAZING PREVENTION POLICY SHALL I... More... IN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Conflict resolution in school curriculum H.B. 1971 Relates to conflict resolution in school curriculum; requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to school corporations models of conflict resolution instruction, which may consist of a program of teacher training with application of the... More... KS Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School safety and suspension of driver's license H.B. 2289 An Act concerning school safety; revising the definition of weapon; providing for suspension of the driver's license or privilege to drive of pupils for the commission of certain acts at school, on school property or at school-supervised activities. ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Access to School Buildings S.B. 469 Authorizes a school resource officer to deny access to buildings or grounds of school institutions; authorizes a school resource officer to demand identification and evidence of qualification of persons on premises of school institutions.... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Use of Campus Security Force in Addition to Campus Police H.B. 1409 Authorizes the use of a campus security force or building guards in addition to a campus police force at a constituent institution of the University of Maryland.... More... MN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Notification of Student's Possession of Drug Paraphernalia S.B. 991 Requires notification to schools by law enforcement when a student within their jurisidiction is found in possession of drug paraphernalia.... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Juvenile Records H.B. 1267 Relates to records of a school law enforcement unit; relates to court and law enforcement records of a juvenile.... More... TN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Conflict Resolution S.B. 215 Expands from five schools to five LEAs in each grand division who are required to file report with commissioner of education on conflict resolution intervention programs. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-118.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Punishment for Threatening a Student/Employee S.B. 11 Establishes the offense of threatening a school employee or student, establishes the offense of threatening damage to a school structure.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Liquor Stores Must by 1,000 feet away from a School S.B. 511 Prohibits future liquor stores from being located within 1,000 feet of a church or schoolhouse.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Gun Violence Prevention Week H.B. 1503 Promotes Gun Violence Prevention Week in elementary schools.... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reporting Students who Committed Weapons Offenses H.B. 1168 Requires the court to impose a mandatory minimum period of detention for certain felony misdemeanor weapons offenses committed by a juvenile offender; provides for the scheduling time frame for a trail when a juvenile is held without bail or the bail is revoke... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 School Safety and Health Revolving Loan Fund H.B. 315 Authorizes grants within the scope of the School Safety and Health Revolving Loan Fund; restricts the qualification for loans; provides eligibility for grants and the method for determining the qualifying percentage; extends the scope of the Uniform School Bui... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Conflict Resolution S.B. 2390 Directs the state board of education to develop conflict resolution and peer mediation models and curricula in the public schools.... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Establishes Comprehensive School Safety Act of 2001 S.B. 2239 Creates the School Safety Act of 2001; establishes a school safety center to provide technical and crisis assistance to school districts; authorizes school safety grants to local school districts to finance certain programs; establishes a school crisis managem... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Possible Modification of Expulsion S.B. 115 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by requiring any student who has been expelled from school for a firearm, explosive, or flammable material violation to meet with the school district superintendent to determine if the expulsi... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Corporal Punishment H.B. 1866 Relates to child protective services and corporal punishment by school personnel; clarifies within the child abuse and neglect statute that teachers, principals or other persons employed by a school board or employed in a school operated by the Commonwealth ar... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Suspension, Expulsion, Alternative Programs H.B. 2512 Reorganizes the student discipline statutes and moves some sections to other articles of Title 22.1. Requires division superintendents, in making recommendations for expulsion for violations other than those involving weapons or drugs, to consider various fact... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Safety Audits S.B. 1334 Requires each local school board to transmit one complete copy of all its schools' safety audits to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who must receive such safety audits and may review a random sample of some school safety audits.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Student Expulsion S.B. 1359 Reorganizes student discipline statutes; defines disciplinary actions; requires superintendents in expulsion cases to consider factors like student age, grade, attendance, academic and disciplinary history and the feasibility of alternative education; requires... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Oral or Written Threats H.B. 197 Relates to oral, written or electronic threats to commit acts of violence on school property; rewrites statute to provide that it is a Class 6 felony to knowingly communicate a written threat to kill or harm a person or a member of his family if the threat pla... More... AR Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Allowing Students to have Phone and Beepers after school hours. S.B. 10 Relates to allowing students to possess electronic communication devices on a school campus after normal school activities for Extracurricular activities.... More... AR Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Repealing the ban on pagers S.B. 218 Repeals the law which makes it unlawful for a student to possess an electronic paging device, beeper, or similar communication device while on school property.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Notification of Student Violence H.B. 1004 Provides notice to schools if a student commits a crime of violence.... More... UT Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Unlawful Use of Laser Pointers S.B. 101 Modifies the Criminal Code; creates the offense of unlawful use of a laser pointer.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Exclusion of Students H.B. 1706 Relates to exclusion from public school attendance; allows school boards to exclude from attendance students who have been suspended for over 30 days or expelled by another school division or for whom private school admission has been withdrawn regardless of w... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Felony Charges for Weapons Discharge H.B. 247 Relates to the discharge of firearms in schools; provides that the hunting exemption and the exemption for an established shooting range do not apply to the willful discharge of a firearm upon the buildings and grounds of a school; provides that there is no es... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 School Safety Audits H.B. 1587 Requires schools to submit their school safety audits to their school division superintendent; states that division superintendent is to collate and submit these school safety audits to the Virginia Center for School Safety.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Training of School Resource Officers H.B. 1652 Relates to Criminal Justice Services; pertains to school resource officers; provides that the Board may disburse to localities annually up to five percent of the School Resource Officer Grants Fund for the training of the school resource officers.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Notification of Juvenile Crimes H.B. 2841 Specifies that the chief law enforcement officer of a jurisdiction may disclose to school officials that a juvenile is a suspect in or has been charged with a violent juvenile felony, a crime involving arson or bombs, a crime involving drugs or drug parapherna... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Toxic Chemicals H.B. 324 Requires the establishment of guidelines for the storage and disposal of toxic chemicals at public schools; requires school districts to implement safe storage and disposal standards for toxic chemicals and other hazardous substances.... More... 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