{"id":28577,"date":"2020-08-17T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T22:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=28577"},"modified":"2020-08-18T07:43:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:43:00","slug":"updates-to-student-discipline-act-vetoed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=28577","title":{"rendered":"Updates to Student Discipline Act vetoed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Pete Ricketts vetoed a bill Aug. 17  that made several changes to provisions in the Student Discipline Act related to suspension, expulsion and mandatory reassignment.<figure id=\"attachment_20163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20163\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20163\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?attachment_id=20163\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SenVargas_inline.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"297,445\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1479303843&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"senvargas_inline\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sen. Tony Vargas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sen. Tony Vargas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SenVargas_inline.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SenVargas_inline-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Tony Vargas\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SenVargas_inline-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SenVargas_inline.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Tony Vargas<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/p>\n<p>LB515, introduced by Omaha Sen. Tony Vargas, required that a student be given an opportunity to complete any classwork and homework missed during a suspension, including examinations.<\/p>\n<p>It also required school districts to reinstate a student when their expulsion has ended and accept non-duplicative, grade-appropriate credits earned by the student during the expulsion from certain accredited institutions. <\/p>\n<p>Among other changes, the bill also created and modified several procedures for student discipline hearings.  <\/p>\n<p>The bill passed on a vote of 26-7 on Aug. 13. <\/p>\n<p>In his veto message, Ricketts objected to a provision in the bill that he said increased the burden of proof on school districts when they discipline a student for engaging in the unlawful possession, selling or use of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n<p>Another provision defining a personal injury caused by accident would have made it harder to discipline students who injure a teacher or another student, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. 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