Flagrantly and persistently disobeying a teacher used to get you suspended. Now in California, such students are protected by state law.

Gov. Gavin Newsom last week signed legislation barring public and charter schools across the state from suspending middle school or elementary school students for “willful defiance.” Students face suspension for drug use, theft, or violence but not for repeatedly defying their teachers. (This was already the case for grades K-3.)