The Board of Education shall establish guidelines for alternatives to short-term and long-term suspension for consideration by local school boards. Such alternatives may include positive behavior incentives, mediation, peer-to-peer counseling, community service, and other intervention alternatives.
Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-16.6
Guidelines for alternatives to suspension
2017, cc. 231, 303.
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