SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE RESOLUTION No. 24

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 7, 2020

The Senate Education Committee favorably reports Senate Resolution No. 24.

This resolution urges the federal government to preserve the school discipline guidance package issued in 2014 by the United States Department of Education and the United States Department of Justice.  The guidance encourages schools to develop positive discipline policies and to limit the use of suspensions, expulsions, and other exclusionary practices that remove students from the classroom.  The guidance also provides invaluable information to assist schools in ensuring that their student discipline practices are applied in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner.