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# Faces of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1547/
- Published: 2026-08-02T18:30:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-02T18:30:57.000Z
- Description: ACT would make stand-downs or suspensions mandatory after assaults on teachers, students or other school staff, with assaults meeting the criminal threshold referred to Police Youth Aid. Parents could be liable for deliberate property damage by their child.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> “There are a lot of little shits in classrooms, and we need to address that if we’re going to lift education standards,” \[says ACT candidate Paul Henry\].  
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> ACT says it would give teachers explicit legal backing to direct seriously or persistently disruptive students to leave the classroom and go to a staffed, supervised space. The party also wants to clarify and extend the existing legal framework around when teachers can use reasonable intervention to prevent harm or significant damage to school property. \[...\]  
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> ACT says the law should be clarified so teachers can act with greater confidence and without fear of lengthy investigations or disciplinary action, and expanded to allow reasonable restraint to prevent significant property damage.  
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> [Stuff](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361014606/teachers-could-get-new-powers-remove-disruptive-students-act-proposal?ref=goodoil.news)

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