Report: School Gives 1 Year Expulsion to 10-Year-Old Under Tennessee’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Law
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A Tennessee law meant to curb school violence has reportedly been used again to penalize younger students, allegedly leading a 10-year-old to be expelled for an entire year after making a finger gun gesture. The state’s zero-tolerance law for school violence, which was passed after a shooter killed six people at The Covenant School in Nashville, has been invoked in several alleged instances where school administrators disciplined students with expulsion or arrest for making threats. According to a report from ProPublica last week, one unnamed Tennessee school district first suspended a student for making a finger gun gesture with his hands and then notified parents that he would not be allowed to attend the district for a year.
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