HB 1005

Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, this bill prohibits a local education agency (" LEA "") or public charter school from suspend ing or expe lling a student from school if the student is enrolled in any of the grades pre-K-2, unless the student's behavior endangers the physical safe ty of other students or school personnel, as determined by the LEA's director of schools or the director of the public charter school, as applicable. If the behavior of a student enrolled in the LEA or public charter school in any of the grades pre-K-2 en dangers the physical safety of other students or school personnel, as determined by the LEA's director of schools or the director of the public charter school, as applicable, then the student may be suspended for no more than three days. Before a student is suspended pursuant to the provisions above, this bill requires the student to be provided an opportunity for the student's anger, fear, or anxiety to subside and for the student's teacher, principal, school counselor, or school psychologist to have a c onversation with the student and the student's parent or legal guardian concerning the student's behavior and any underlying issues that may have precipitated the student's behavior. The principal of the student's school must notify the student's parent o r legal guardian of the student's suspension on the day the suspension occurs."