[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1094 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1094

     To require a school to forward certain information regarding 
                         transferring students.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 1999

  Mr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require a school to forward certain information regarding 
                         transferring students.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSFERRING STUDENTS.

    Subpart 4 of part C of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1232f et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 447. INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSFERRING STUDENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each public or private elementary school or 
secondary school that receives Federal funds, not later than 10 days 
after the school receives notice of a student's intent to transfer to 
another school, shall provide to the school to which the student is 
transferring a statement indicating whether the student is in good 
standing.
    ``(b) Definition of In Good Standing.--In this section the term `in 
good standing', when used with respect to a student, means that the 
student is eligible to attend class at the school from which the 
student is transferring and is not subject to a period of suspension or 
an expulsion from the school.
    ``(c) Special Rules.--If a student has been suspended or expelled 
for knowingly possessing a weapon in a school building or on school 
grounds, for knowingly possessing, selling, or delivering an illegal 
drug in a school building or on school grounds, or for battering a 
staff member of the school, and the period of the suspension or 
expulsion has not expired, then--
            ``(1) the statement described in subsection (a) shall 
        include the date and duration of the suspension or expulsion; 
        and
            ``(2) the student shall not be allowed to attend class in 
        an elementary school or secondary school that receives Federal 
        funds until the student serves the entire period of the 
        suspension or expulsion.
    ``(d) Form.--The Secretary shall develop a one page standard form 
for schools to use in providing the statement described in subsection 
(a).''.
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