A proposed Texas law would allow teachers to eject disruptive students after a single incident, while a North Carolina proposal would permit long-term suspensions for cursing and dress code violations.Ī West Virginia bill, which the state’s House of Delegates passed last month, lets teachers force “disorderly” students out of their classrooms, with multiple removals triggering an automatic suspension. “We know that the things that are being proposed are ineffective, will harm children, and will not contribute to the safety of schools or improve behavior,” said Russell Skiba, a school psychology professor at Indiana University who studies school safety and discipline.įiled this legislative session, the measures aim to crack down on a range of student behaviors - from simply talking back to teachers to attacking classmates or staffers.Ī bill advancing through the Florida legislature would empower teachers to remove “disobedient” or “disrespectful” students from their classrooms and to use “reasonable force” to protect themselves and others. She said a bill authorizing educators to physically restrain and remove disruptive students would enable teachers “to protect the other students in the classroom.”īut critics say the proposed state laws would punish young people still recovering from the pandemic and trigger a return to zero-tolerance discipline that could be disastrous for students of color and those with disabilities.
“School violence is on the rise across the state,” Isau Metes, advocacy director at Nebraska’s teachers union, told lawmakers last month. Proponents, including lawmakers from both parties and some teachers, say the new measures are needed to restore safety and order in schools. The proposed state laws follow a pandemic-era surge in school gun violence and student misbehavior that some parents and politicians have blamed partly on lenient discipline policies. Lawmakers across the country are moving to make it easier to kick disruptive students out of school, a get-tough turn toward stricter discipline that reflects mounting fears about school violence and disorder.
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