Unruly Students
Unruly Students
As lawmakers debate a new bill to give teachers the power to remove disruptive students for good, local educators weigh in.
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An education bill moving through the house and senate would allow teachers to permanently remove students from their classroom based on conduct.
Now, educators are weighing in.
News 12's winston reed is live in hamilton county to explain if this bill is receiving support in and outside of the general assembly.
It depends on who you're asking.
Some educators and offials consider the legislation benficials to teachers and the classroom while others believe it can be detrimental to a handful of students.
The "teacher's discipline act" bill that authorizes teachers to remove students from their classroom for good, is receiving mixed reviews.
"once a student gets into the cycle of school discipline, it's really hard to break out of that" aaron fowles.
Hamilton county teacher aaron fowles explained to news 12 that tennessee legislators should focus more on funding schools and laws related strictly on discipline are trivial at best.
"that's why it's important that the implementation recognizes that it is not a school to prison pipeline issue.
That we don't see our students of color being excessibvely focused on" omarkhail.
While president of the education association jeanette omarkhail agrees with fowles about improved funding, she supports the bill nevertheless.
"sometimes you have personality conflicts or there are other issues going in the classroom.
The major thing that we have to look at in the classroom is what does the student need.
But what's next for the students removed?
"directly what i've asked is are we talking about them out on the street" hakeem.
The legislation requires students kicked out of the classroom to attend alternate schools located on sites separate from their previous school.
Just one of the handful of concerns, including the potential volume of students removed, that representative hakeem is receiving.
"i think it would be more beneficial if we had more counselors."
Fowles has yet another suggestion.
"listening to the voices of educators.
Inviting educators into the committees when you're talking about education bills."
Senator hakeem confirmed he will not support the bill as it will come before the general assembly in the next two weeks.
Hamilton county already has a similar discipline practice to the bill but teachers must exaust a series of options before removing their students.
News 12 also reached out to the cleveland city school district for comment but we have not received a response at this time.
Reporting live in hamilton county winston reed
