Massachusetts H730 amends school exclusion policies to address disparities in educational achievement.

Massachusetts H730 amends school exclusion policies to address disparities in educational achievement. The bill modifies the criteria for suspensions and expulsions, ensuring students receive written notification of charges and the right to a hearing before the principal. It also mandates that parents or guardians be included in the hearing unless reasonable efforts to include them have failed. The bill limits long-term suspensions to the end of the school year and removes expulsion as an option for students placed on diversion prior to arraignment.

Massachusetts H730 amends school exclusion policies to address disparities in educational achievement.

Massachusetts H730 amends school exclusion policies to address disparities in educational achievement. The bill modifies the criteria for suspensions and expulsions, ensuring students receive written notification of charges and the right to a hearing before the principal. It also mandates that parents or guardians be included in the hearing unless reasonable efforts to include them have failed. The bill limits long-term suspensions to the end of the school year and removes expulsion as an option for students placed on diversion prior to arraignment.