Both the South Carolina Senate and House have passed a bill which would prevent students from spending a long period of time in jail after being arrested for a misdemeanor at school.
What’s been called the "school resource bill", would still allow SROs to arrest students, but a bond hearing would be required within -24- hours of arrest.
The legislation, introduced by rep. Fletcher smith of Greenville, was sparked after two -13- year old Greenville county schools spent -4- days in jail after they were arrested for fighting at school earlier this month.
The bill now must be ratified before it’s sent to the governor.
To see the legislation (S1221) : http://www.scstatehouse.net/cgi-bin/query.exe?
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