A government-sponsored draft bill to revise the School Education Law calls for elementary and junior high school students who inflict either physical or mental injuries on teachers or other students to be kept out of schools.
The draft, obtained Saturday by Kyodo News, also says that municipal boards of education must extend educational support to students who are suspended.
Article 26 of the current law states that schools can order the parents of students to prevent them from attending classes if the students are bad-tempered and poorly behaved and if instructors determine that an individual is causing problems for other students during classes.