West Virginia lawmakers in the House passed a bill Tuesday that they hope will help teachers regain control in West Virginia Classrooms by providing a framework to public school teachers on how to discipline students who are being disruptive during class.
This bill, which passed by the House Lawmakers, would allow teachers to remove a student from their class room should they behave in a manner considered to be disorderly conduct. The student would have to leave the classroom upon the first offense of disruptive behavior and go to in-school suspension. Should the student continue this behavior for three times during one month they would then receive an out of school suspension. There are options for placing students in and alternative learning center such as the one at the Calhoun Gilmer Career Center.
The bill would also allow principals to move the student to another classroom should it possibly be a personality clash with the teacher
Under the bill, teachers would have 24 hours to file a report on the removal of a child from the classroom for disruptive behavior in the West Virginia Education Information System. School Boards would be responsible for implementing their own policies with regard to student behavior and discipline.
The bill was not without opposition on the democratic side and with concerns by a few republicans for children who would fall by wayside if removed from class.
That legislation, House Bill 2596, will be up for final reading today in the House.
