{"id":5977,"date":"2021-09-15T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/irwin\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2021-09-15T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T14:00:11","slug":"democratic-legislators-to-host-press-conference-on-expulsion-prevention-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/irwin\/2021\/09\/15\/democratic-legislators-to-host-press-conference-on-expulsion-prevention-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Legislators to Host Press Conference on Expulsion Prevention Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 15, 2021) \u2014 Sen.&nbsp;<strong>Jeff Irwin<\/strong>&nbsp;(D\u2013Ann Arbor), Sen.&nbsp;<strong>Adam Hollier<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Detroit), Sen.&nbsp;<strong>Erika Geiss<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Taylor) and Rep.&nbsp;<strong>Felicia Brabec<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Pittsfield Township) will host a virtual press conference tomorrow morning on legislation they have introduced to ensure the rights of students facing a disciplinary hearing at school are protected. They will be joined by advocates of the legislation and individuals previously affected by current school suspension policies.<br \/><br \/>Details are below:<br \/><br \/><strong>WHO:<br \/>Sen. Jeff Irwin<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Ann Arbor)<br \/><strong>Sen. Adam Hollier<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Detroit)<br \/><strong>Sen. Erika Geiss<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Taylor)<br \/><strong>Rep. Felicia Brabec<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Pittsfield Township)<br \/><strong>Brittney Barros<\/strong>, formerly impacted youth, current MSW \/ MPP candidate<br \/><strong>Kristine Hickman<\/strong>, parent<br \/><strong>Peri Stone-Palmquist<\/strong>, Student Advocacy Center<br \/><strong>Kris Keranen<\/strong>, Disability Rights Michigan<br \/><strong>Charles Hobbs<\/strong>, Street Democracy<br \/><strong>John Tafelski<\/strong>, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Allen Park Public Schools<br \/><br \/><strong>WHAT:<\/strong>&nbsp;Virtual Press Conference on Students\u2019 Rights<br \/><br \/><strong>WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 16 at 10 a.m.<\/strong><br \/><br \/><strong>HOW TO CONNECT:&nbsp;<\/strong>Press attendees are asked to register in advance to receive the Zoom meeting information.&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:estante@senate.michigan.gov?subject=RSVP\/Info%20Request%20for%20Sept.%2016%20Press%20Conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Please email Elio Stante to RSVP and request login information for the event<\/a>, which will be provided before it begins. The conference will also be livestreamed to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SenatorIrwin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sen. Irwin\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>&nbsp;for the public to view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###\u202f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 15, 2021) \u2014 Sen.&nbsp;Jeff Irwin&nbsp;(D\u2013Ann Arbor), Sen.&nbsp;Adam Hollier&nbsp;(D-Detroit), Sen.&nbsp;Erika Geiss&nbsp;(D-Taylor) and Rep.&nbsp;Felicia Brabec&nbsp;(D-Pittsfield Township) will host a virtual press conference tomorrow morning on legislation they have introduced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-advisories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Democratic Legislators to Host Press Conference on Expulsion Prevention Bills - Senator Jeff Irwin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/irwin\/2021\/09\/15\/democratic-legislators-to-host-press-conference-on-expulsion-prevention-bills\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Democratic Legislators to Host Press Conference on Expulsion Prevention Bills\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LANSING, Mich. 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