2020 Senate Bill 1135

Revise public school “strict discipline academies”

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 22, 2020

Introduced by Sen. Aric Nesbitt (R-26)

To expand the criteria for admission to public school “strict discipline academies” that accept expelled students and minors placed there by the courts. The bill would make eligible pupils “requiring intense individual intervention designed for a pupil with highly accelerated or severe and persistently challenging academic or nonacademic needs, including, but not limited to, tier 3 support based on a multitiered system of support”.

Referred to the Committee on Education and Career Readiness