HB 2663
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
House: ED DP 6-4-0-2
HB 2663: classroom management; students; temporary removal
Sponsor: Representative Marshall, LD 7
Caucus & COW
Overview
Asserts a principal or school administrator, if a teacher removes a student from a classroom,
may direct the student to return to the classroom only if the principal or administrator
provides the teacher a written certification that contains prescribed information.
History
Statute asserts that students must comply with the rules, pursue the required course of study
and submit to the authority of the teachers, administrators and school district governing
board (governing board). A teacher may send a student to the principal's office to maintain
effective classroom discipline and the principal must employ appropriate discipline
management techniques that are consistent with governing board rules. A teacher may
remove a student from the classroom if the teacher has either: 1) documented that the
student has repeatedly interfered with the teacher's ability to communicate effectively with
other students or with the ability of other students to learn; or 2) determined that the
student's behavior is so unruly, disruptive or abusive that it seriously interferes with the
teacher's ability to communicate effectively with other students or with the ability of other
students to learn (A.R.S. § 15-841).
A governing board, in consultation with teachers and parents, must prescribe rules for the
discipline, suspension and expulsion of students. Governing board rules must be consistent
with the constitutional rights of students (A.R.S. § 15-843).
Provisions
1. Stipulates that if a teacher removes a student from a classroom pursuant to rules
governing student conduct, the principal or designated school administrator may direct
the student to return to the classroom only if the principal or administrator provides the
teacher a written certification that:
a) states the principal or administrator is authorizing the student to be readmitted to
the classroom; and
b) describes any disciplinary action taken in response to the behavior for which the
student was removed. (Sec. 1)
2. Defines classroom and rules governing student conduct. (Sec. 1)
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