The Alabama Senate Thursday approved legislation creating a uniform suspension and expulsion process for public K-12 students. HB 188, sponsored by Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, extends due process to children in the school disciplinary system. The bill passed 32-0. “They are the only body that did not have due process,” said Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, […] The post Alabama Senate approves bill providing due process for public school students appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

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