SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The bipartisan plan to prohibit expulsions from kindergarten through 2nd grade is moving to the Senate floor.
This bill requires superintendents to provide verbal or written approval to suspend K-2 students for longer than three days.
Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood) told the Senate Education Committee Tuesday that suspensions should not last longer than it takes districts to review, amend, or develop behavior intervention and safety plans for a student.
"It expands eligibility for alternative learning opportunity programs, or ALOPs, to include students in Kindergarten through grade 3," Lightford said. "And it requires state funded early childhood programs to restrict suspensions."
House Bill 3772 passed unanimously out of the Senate Education Committee Tuesday. It previously passed out of the House on a 62-46 vote.
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