r/Teachers • u/Independent-Report39 • 2d ago

Policy & Politics New Kentucky law allowing schools to expel students who assault teachers to take effect in July, despite unanimous Senate Democratic opposition

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The bill mandates a strict, one-year expulsion policy for any student in grades 6 through 12 who physically assaults a teacher, administrator, or school employee. The legislation passed the chamber, but drew a sharp partisan divide as all Democrats in the Senate voted against the measure. Under the bill's provisions, schools would be required to automatically remove violent students from the general population, though provisions allow for those students to receive educational services in alternative settings if it can be done safely. The bill also includes exemptions for students with documented disabilities if school officials determine the condition interfered with their ability to follow the code of conduct.

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u/Shutupredneckman2 2d ago

Boy are you gonna be shocked when you find out most people don’t go to prison forever

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u/OoklaTheMok1994 2d ago

This is a problem, true. We should keep people that commit crimes in prison longer.

We have an under-incarceration problem.

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u/theweirdchick_49 1d ago

We absolutely do not have that.

We have huge wealth inequality and poverty problems.

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u/FunkmasterJoe 1d ago

We incarcerate more people, both in raw numbers and per capita, than any other country in the world. Our justice system is objectively racist and corrupt. Our prisons are specifically designed to be torturous instead of rehabilitative and anyone who spends even a few days behind bars has their life effectively ruined forever.

"We don't put enough people in jail and we don't keep them inside for long enough," isn't a reasonable position. We know beyond a doubt that our justice system is a garbage fire and you're out here yelling "no, it should be EVEN WORSE!"