Rep. JONES proposes the following amendment (LC-416.HDB0001H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 5, by adding:

 Section 59-63-670.  (A) On forms prepared and supplied by the department, each school district in the State shall quarterly report the occurrence of certain incidents and actions taken under this article as delineated in subsection (B). The department shall compile the information received from the districts and annually, not later than January thirty-first of the year following the districts' final quarterly reports of the school year, make a report to the General Assembly summarizing the departments findings and publish the report to the department's website.
 (B)(1) The data included in the annual report described in subsection (A) must include, without limitation, the number of:
   (a) classroom removals initiated under this article;
   (b) students not returned to the same classroom the same day;
   (c) violent incidents against educators or staff resulting in removal;
   (d) weapon or bodily-harm threat incidents resulting in expulsion proceedings under this article;
   (e) permanent classroom reassignments or removals following violence against an educator;
   (f) students placed in alternative education or virtual settings following actions under this act;
   (g) repeat incidents by students previously removed or reassigned during the same academic year; and
   (h) responses received from parents or guardians when contacted and the nature of the response.
  (2) To the extent available through current systems or otherwise feasible, the department shall further disaggregate the data in item (1) by:
   (a) grade level;
   (b) gender;
   (c) race or ethnicity;
   (d) disability status; and
   (e) pupils in poverty.
 (C) The department shall submit and publish its first annual report under this section after the first full academic school year following enactment of this article.
 (D) Nothing in this section may be construed so as to require the disclosure of confidential student information.
 (E) The State Department of Education may promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.