A state lawmaker from Fairfax County is creating a task force to probe Virginia’s discipline policy in the wake of a local student’s suicide. Del. Kaye Kory, D-Fairfax, called the state’s guidelines for K-12 discipline policy “not entirely clear and concise, and sometimes contradictory, not to mention there are parts I don’t agree with.”

“Because it is hard to penetrate exactly what the code requires and where it allows flexibility to local systems, frankly it has been easy for school systems to simply say, ‘The states make us do this,’ ” Kory said. “It’s easy for them.”