Maine LD2204: Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop Guidance for School Leaders to Ensure Supportive Measures for Young St

What the bill says

An Act to Allow Schools to Expel Students for Committing Sexual Assault" Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 'Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop Guidance for School Leaders to Ensure Supportive Measures for Young Students Involved in Challenging, Disruptive or Unsafe Behaviors' Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following: 'Emergency preamble.

From the engrossed text:

An Act to Allow Schools to Expel Students for Committing Sexual Assault" Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 'Resolve, Directing the Department of Education to Develop Guidance for School Leaders to Ensure Supportive Measures for Young Students Involved in Challenging, Disruptive or Unsafe Behaviors' Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following: 'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, young students in preschool through grade 5 are in critical stages of social, emotional and behavioral development; and Whereas, challenging, disruptive or unsafe student behaviors may arise from developmental challenges, trauma, disability, unmet social-emotional needs or environmental stressors; and Whereas, schools must ensure that responses to such behaviors support both the student exhibiting the behavior and the students affected by the behavior; and Whereas, school administrators and educators benefit from clear guidance regarding supportive, developmentally appropriate and evidence-based practices; and Whereas, timely development of such guidance will assist school administrative units in promoting safe, inclusive and supportive learning environments; and Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of …