0001|                           HOUSE BILL 1213
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           STEVEN E. PEARCE
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE
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0012|     PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE; PROVIDING MANDATORY DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
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0013|     FOR A STUDENT WHO ASSAULTS A TEACHER OR MEMBER OF THE
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0014|     EDUCATIONAL STAFF.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  DISCIPLINE FOR ASSAULT.--In addition to other
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0018|     student policies or remedies at law, a student who commits an
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0019|     assault upon a teacher or staff member of the school in which
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0020|     the student is attending shall be disciplined as follows:
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0021|               A.  mandatory suspension for at least three school
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0022|     days if the assault is verbal;
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0023|               B.  mandatory suspension for at least six school
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0024|     days if the assault is physical;
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0025|               C.  mandatory expulsion from school if the there is
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0001|     substantive physical harm inflicted upon the teacher or staff
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0002|     member as the result of the assault; or
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0003|               D.  mandatory expulsion from school for a second or
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0004|     subsequent assault offense.
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