SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill that will ban “willful defiance” suspensions for middle and high school students who demonstrate bad behavior, including breaking the dress code, talking back to a teacher or using their phone in class.
The legislation Newsom signed into law, SB 274, also will prohibit the suspension and expulsion of students due to tardiness or truancy. Educators can still suspend students for more severe actions, such as physical violence, possession or use of drugs, theft or bullying.
California already bans these suspensions permanently for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, and the new law expands the policy to middle and high schools.
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Hoping to lower dropout rates, Newsom bans ‘willful defiance’ suspensions through high school
- by: ANABEL SOSA
- 2023-10-09
- Source:
LA Times
- 10/09/2023
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