{"id":1432753,"date":"2023-10-14T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1432753"},"modified":"2023-10-14T02:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T06:20:00","slug":"california-bans-student-suspensions-for-defying-teachers-disrupting-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/california-bans-student-suspensions-for-defying-teachers-disrupting-classes\/1432753\/","title":{"rendered":"California Bans Student Suspensions For Defying Teachers, Disrupting Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Bans Student Suspensions For Defying Teachers, Disrupting Classes<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Sophie Li via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

It will be illegal for California public schools to suspend students for disrupting class or defying teachers\u2014known as willful defiance suspensions\u2014starting July 1, 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWith Governor Newsom\u2019s signing of SB 274, California is putting the needs of students first,\u201d bill author Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) said in a statement a day after the governor\u2019s signing Oct. 8. \u201cNo more kicking kids out of school for minor disruptions. Students belong in school where they can succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

A class at Stark Elementary School in Stamford, Conn., on March 10, 2021. (John Moore\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

SB 274\u2014an extension of the author’s previous legislation from 2019 that banned willful defiance suspensions for TK\u20135 students permanently and for grades 6\u20138 until 2025\u2014now broadens such policy to include all public-school grades from TK\u201312 across the state, with a sunset date of July 1, 2029.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, willful defiance suspensions have been imposed on students for disrupting school activities,<\/strong> including wearing hats backward, nodding off in class, using bad language in school, or engaging in verbal disagreements with teachers, Ms. Skinner’s office said in the statement.<\/p>\n

Under the new law, teachers can remove a student from class for unruly behavior, but the youth would not be suspended from school. Instead, school administrators would be responsible for evaluating and implementing suitable in-school interventions or support for the student, according to the senator\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the bill prohibits the suspension or expulsion of students due to tardiness or truancy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe punishment for missing school should not be to miss more school,<\/strong>\u201d Ms. Skinner said in an earlier press release after the bill passed the California Assembly and Senate.<\/p>\n

According to Ms. Skinner, suspending students could potentially lead to them dropping out of school.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuspending students, no matter the age, doesn\u2019t improve student behavior, and it greatly increases the likelihood that the student will fail or drop out,\u201d she said in the Oct. 9 statement.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the senator\u2019s office said that such suspensions have been \u201cdisproportionately directed at students of color, LGBTQ students, students who are homeless or in foster care, and those with disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Ms. Skinner\u2019s office, a 2018 report shows that such suspensions accounted for 21 percent of all suspensions involving black male students in middle schools in California and 26 percent in high schools.<\/p>\n

However, opponents of the bill have said that it would create more chaos in schools.<\/p>\n

Davina Keiser, a former teacher with four decades of teaching experience in the Long Beach Unified School District, told The Epoch Times in a previous interview that disruptive behavior was \u201cdetrimental to the learning of everybody else in the classroom.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s almost like a license for the rest of the kids to go ahead and misbehave,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Ms. Keiser still works as a substitute teacher for the district and is the president of the education nonprofit Del Rey Education.<\/p>\n

Lance Christensen, the vice president of the California Policy Center, an educational nonprofit that focuses on policy and government affairs, said that such bills could lead to a loss of teacher resources in the public education system.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve warned about the dire consequences of public school classes without discipline,\u201d Mr. Christensen wrote on X. \u201cThe governor just signed SB 274 which will exacerbate the havoc in our schools by stripping teachers & principals of tools to deal with \u2018willfully defiant\u2019 kids. Expect more teachers to resign.\u201d<\/p>\n

Micaela Ricaforte contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 10\/13\/2023 – 22:20<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/california-bans-student-suspensions-defying-teachers-disrupting-classes<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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