Amendment ID: S2203-39

Amendment 39

Board’s authority to grant a waiver for student suspension discrepancy

Messrs. Barrett and Rodrigues move to amend the bill , in section 88, by inserting, in line 1111, after the word “charter”, the following:-

"; provided further that for any charter school whose average 3 year out of school suspension rate is higher than the sending district’s, for students overall or for any subgroup identified by the board, if the board determines that there are circumstances that justify such discrepancy from the sending district’s rate of out of school suspension, it may grant a waiver and issue a detailed written opinion stating the reasons for its decision”