Because I said so: Bill to end ‘willful defiance’ school suspensions heads to governor’s desk

A state Senate bill seeking to keep kids in California’s classrooms by prohibiting the suspension of public school students for low-level behavior issues known as “willful defiance” is now in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s hands after clearing both the state Assembly and Senate.

Senate Bill 274, or the “Keep Kids in School” bill, proposed by Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, passed the state Assembly on a vote of 61-13, and won approval in the Senate on a 32-6 vote. The bill is now headed to the governor’s desk, the senator’s office announced.