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States Seek to Handle School Discipline in Vastly Different Ways

New teacher Bill of Rights legislation passed in Alabama and Louisiana takes a different approach from California’s proposed restorative justice law.
States Seek to Handle School Discipline in Vastly Different Ways
Students arrive for classes at Taylor Allderdice High School in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Jan. 23, 2024. Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo
Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
8/14/2024|Updated: 8/21/2024
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As schools open for the 2024–2025 academic year, states differ regarding how teachers should deal with disruptive students.

Some are pushing for a more punitive approach, with suspensions for repeat offenders, while others disapprove of removing students from classrooms.

Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.
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