To amend the early learning alignment and improvement grant program under part I of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that States support early childhood education programs that maintain disciplinary policies that do not include expulsion or suspension of participating children.

SA 2170. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs.
Murray) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 623, strike line 8 and insert the following:
``(14) a description of how the State will support, through
the use of professional development, early childhood
education programs that maintain disciplinary policies that
do not include expulsion or suspension of participating
children, except as a last resort in extraordinary
circumstances where--
``(A) there is a determination of a serious safety threat;
and
``(B) policies are in place to provide appropriate
alternative early educational services to expelled or
suspended children while they are out of school; and''.
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