School district boards can now assign students who engage in aggressive or violent behavior that disrupts school or threatens safety to receive instruction in alternative settings instead of regular classrooms. School districts must report annually to the Department of Education how many students were placed in alternative settings, though the state can only publicly share this data in anonymized and combined form across all districts.
The bill was moved from chapter 13-32 to chapter 13-28 and substantially expanded to include definitions of key terms, parental appeal rights to the Department of Education, mandatory behavioral health referrals for certain assignments, and annual reporting requirements.
The amendment removed detailed definitions, procedural requirements for parent notification and appeals, behavioral health specialist referrals, and assignment review protocols, leaving only basic reporting requirements.
The bill transitioned from engrossed to enrolled status, removing internal legislative formatting notes and line numbers while adding formal signature pages required for final enactment.
Other amendments
Signed by the Governor H.J. 580
Delivered to the Governor H.J. 546
Signed by the President S.J. 506
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 529
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 461
Education Do Pass Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1.
Education Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Education S.J. 356
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 388
House of Representatives Motion to amend Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 18. H.J. 388
Education Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0.
Education Motion to amend
Education Scheduled for hearing
Education Deferred to another day Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0.
Education Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 12
Do Pass Amended
Education — Do Pass
Motion to amend
Do Pass Amended
Education — Do Pass Amended
Education — Deferred to another day