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Henrico School Board to consider adding 'self-defense' clause to Code of Student Conduct

April 17, 2024
Henrico Citizen Audio Articles
Henrico School Board to consider adding 'self-defense' clause to Code of Student Conduct
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Henrico School Board members will review a number of proposed changes to the Henrico Schools Code of Student Conduct at an April 18 meeting, including one that would clarify when a student’s actions would be considered self-defense. The proposed change would add a clause allowing students to claim self defense as long as they were “without fault in provoking or bringing on the fight or incident, have reasonably feared, under the circumstances as they existed at the time, that there was an imminent risk of physical harm, and have used no more force than was reasonably necessary to prevent the...
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