00HOUSE BILL NO. 215 am                                                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to suspension of a student from a public school."                                                      
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 14.30.045 is amended to read:                                                                       
04  Sec. 14.30.045.  GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION OR DENIAL OF                                                                  
05 ADMISSION.  A school age child may be suspended from or denied admission to the                                         
06 public school that the child is otherwise entitled to attend only for the following                                     
07 causes:                                                                                                                 
08   (1)  continued wilful disobedience or open and persistent defiance of                                                
09 reasonable school authority;                                                                                            
10   (2)  behavior that is inimicable to the welfare, safety, or morals of other                                          
11 pupils or a person employed or volunteering at the school;                                                            
12   (3)  a physical or mental condition that in the opinion of a competent                                               
13 medical authority will render the child unable to reasonably benefit from the programs                                  
14 available;                                                                                                              

01   (4)  a physical or mental condition that in the opinion of a competent                                               
02 medical authority will cause the attendance of the child to be inimicable to the welfare                                
03 of other pupils;                                                                                                        
04   (5)  conviction of a felony that the governing body of the district                                                  
05 determines will cause the attendance of the child to be inimicable to the welfare or                                    
06 education of other pupils.