As Amended
SEC. 37-11-18.1. Expulsion of habitually disruptive students aged 13 years or older upon third occurrence of disruptive behavior within school year.
(1) This act may be cited as the "Teacher Classroom Control Act of 2001."
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) The term "disruptive behavior" means conduct of a student that is so unruly, disruptive or abusive that it seriously interferes with a school teacher's or school administrator's ability to communicate with the students in a classroom, with a student's ability to learn, or with the operation of a school or school-sponsored activity, and which are not covered by other laws related to violence, possession of weapons or controlled substances on school property, school vehicles or at school-related activities. Such behaviors include, but are not limited to: foul, profane, obscene or abusive language toward teachers or other school employees; defiance, ridicule or verbal attack of a teacher; and willful, deliberate and overt acts of disobedience of the directions of a teacher; and
(b) The term "habitually disruptive student" means a student who has caused disruption in a classroom, on school property or vehicles or at a school-related activity on more than two (2) occasions during a school year, because of disruptive behavior that was initiated, willful and overt on the part of the student and which required the attention of school personnel to deal with the disruption. However, no student shall be declared to be a habitually disruptive student before the development of a remedial discipline plan for the student in accordance with the code of student conduct and discipline plans of the school district.
(3) Any student for whom a remedial discipline plan is developed by the school principal and reporting teacher who does not comply with the plan shall be a habitually disruptive student subject to automatic expulsion on the occurrence of the third act of disruptive behavior during a school year.
SOURCES: Laws, 2001, ch. 486, § 6, SB 2214, eff from and after July 1, 2001.