BILL NUMBER: AB 2300INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Swanson FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act relating to pupil discipline. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2300, as introduced, Swanson. Pupil discipline: suspension: community service. Existing law authorizes a superintendent or principal of a school to suspend or recommend for expulsion a pupil who commits one or more of enumerated acts. Existing law authorizes the principal of a school, the principal's designee, the superintendent of schools, or the governing board of a school district to require a pupil to perform community service, as defined, during the pupil's nonschool hours as part of or instead of disciplinary action, subject to specified exceptions. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would ensure that community service hours replace suspensions as a primary method of pupil discipline. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that would enact legislation to ensure that community service hours replace suspensions as a primary method of pupil discipline.