Sec. 3. Local plans
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Section 1112(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6312(b)(1) ) is amended— in subparagraph (P), by striking and after the semicolon; is subparagraph (Q), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: a description of— the actions the local educational agency will take to reduce suspensions and expulsions in public early childhood education programs, as applicable, and elementary school and secondary school; and how the local educational agency will measure progress and benchmarks of improvement in reducing suspensions and expulsions, and the professional development that is necessary to achieve such a reduction, with a particular focus on reducing disparities between the rates of suspension and expulsion for students who are members of the categories described in section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii)(III)(dd) as compared to such rates for all students at the school; an assurance that, in consultation with local government agencies, and community-based programs, if applicable, the local educational agency will provide a report on— the professional development provided to principals, administrators, teachers, specialized instructional support personnel, para-educators, and other staff that regularly interact with students on evidence-based approaches to reduce suspensions and expulsions for students in public school, which may include prevention and deescalation strategies, conflict resolution, understanding and responding to the effects of trauma and violence on students, and multi-tiered systems of support that include developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate positive behavioral interventions; and a description of how the local educational agency will ensure that each student who is suspended will receive ongoing educational services that will allow the student to successfully participate in the student's previous educational program upon the student's return to school following a suspension; an assurance that each school served by the local educational agency will make publicly available, the school’s individual suspension and expulsion policy, or the suspension and expulsion policy of the local educational agency that serves the school, if such policy operates on the local educational agency level; and an assurance that each school served by the local educational agency will make available, upon request, information about the behavior that resulted in each suspension or expulsion that was issued to a student at the school. .
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