0001| HOUSE BILL 1213 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| STEVEN E. PEARCE | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE | 0012| PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE; PROVIDING MANDATORY DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES | 0013| FOR A STUDENT WHO ASSAULTS A TEACHER OR MEMBER OF THE | 0014| EDUCATIONAL STAFF. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. DISCIPLINE FOR ASSAULT.--In addition to other | 0018| student policies or remedies at law, a student who commits an | 0019| assault upon a teacher or staff member of the school in which | 0020| the student is attending shall be disciplined as follows: | 0021| A. mandatory suspension for at least three school | 0022| days if the assault is verbal; | 0023| B. mandatory suspension for at least six school | 0024| days if the assault is physical; | 0025| C. mandatory expulsion from school if the there is | 0001| substantive physical harm inflicted upon the teacher or staff | 0002| member as the result of the assault; or | 0003| D. mandatory expulsion from school for a second or | 0004| subsequent assault offense. | 0005|  |