AUGUSTA ( AP) — A legislative committee has endorsed a bill that would bar Maine school districts from expelling students without giving them a time line or plan for returning to class.
Sen. Justin Alfond says Maine is one of the few states where students can be expelled without an option for getting back in school.
The Portland Democrat said that getting expelled students back into school is one piece of Maine’s dropout prevention effort.
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