2021 Senate Bill 777

Expand “strict discipline academies” role

Introduced in the Senate

Dec. 7, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Aric Nesbitt (R-26)

To permit the strict discipline academies to which students suspended or expelled for public schools are assigned to enroll certain students not yet expelled who are identified by school officials after consulting with parents as requiring “intense individual intervention designed for a pupil with highly accelerated or severe and persistently challenging academic or nonacademic needs, including…a multitiered system of supports,” and more.

Referred to the Committee on Education and Career Readiness

Feb. 23, 2022

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.