Bill > SB157

This bill, known as the Teachers' Bill of Rights, provides several key provisions: 1. It allows teachers to exclude students from their classroom for disorderly conduct, behavior that disrupts others, threats, disobedience, or use of abusive language towards teachers. The excluded student is then placed under the principal's control, and can only be readmitted after the principal determines appropriate disciplinary action. 2. It provides civil and criminal immunity for education employees, such as teachers and principals, for actions taken in addressing student behavior, unless the employee uses excessive force, acts maliciously, or violates the law or constitutional rights. 3. It establishes a Educators' Liability Trust Fund to reimburse legal expenses for education employees charged with civil or criminal actions related to their duties, and allows local boards of education to also reimburse legal fees. 4. It creates a rebuttable presumption that teachers taking actions based on their approved classroom management plan are restoring safety or instructional order. 5. It requires the State Board of Education to adopt a model policy reflecting the bill's requirements, which local boards of education must then implement. The bill aims to provide teachers with more authority and protection when addressing disruptive student behavior in the classroom.

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