Young children would not be suspended or expelled from school except in certain extreme circumstances under a bill that won unanimous support from the state Senate last week and from the House on Thursday…

Kathryn Scheinberg Meyer, a staff attorney with the Center for Children’s Advocacy, said the bill will ensure that “Connecticut’s youngest students will no longer be unnecessarily excluded from the classroom. These little children most need to be in school, gaining the benefits of the academic and social environment. This bill ensures these students will continue their learning without interruption.”

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