[2] President Bill Clinton signed the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 into law on March 31, 1994.
[1] The Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 requires each state receiving federal funds to have a state law in effect requiring local educational agencies to expel, for at least one year, any student who is determined to have brought a weapon to school.
The one-year expulsion is mandatory, except when a chief administering officer of such local education agency may modify it on a case-by-case basis.
[3] The U.S. Supreme Court determined in Goss v. Lopez that students facing suspensions of up to 10 days or less were entitled to oral or written notice of charges, an explanation of evidence to be used against them and an opportunity to present their side of the issue.
[1] These laws have the potential of imposing strict and harsh punishment upon school children that are not dangerous and will only suffer detrimental results from a full year expulsion.