A new, yet little-known law is impacting discipline at Freeport High School and it affects students and deans daily.
The law is called SB100 and it changes how schools are supposed to deal with discipline issues. For example, it gives students more chances without them being thrown out of school through suspensions and expulsions.
SB100 was passed in 2020, but Freeport is taking the law more seriously this year.
“It used to be one and out. It starts with the least restricted situation and gets them APAD and then one to three days of suspension,” Associate Principal of Student Support and Culture Alecia Leeper said.
This law gives students three strikes with discipline before they are subjected to leave. Before this law, if a student got caught with drugs on-campus, they would be expelled immediately for about one to two years, but now this is managed with a short suspension.
“Lawmakers wanted to address that in order to keep kids in school more and not put them out on the streets as quickly,” Freshmen Academy Dean Ryan Pierce said. “It restored practices to help give them a chance to do better.”
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