21.   The expulsion rule is necessary if the schools are to have any leverage over disruptive students.

22.   The new governor also wants to nearly double state funds for alternative schools, which provide a special place for disruptive students.

23.   This happens if, as the model suggests they should, schools put disruptive students in smaller classes.

24.   Teachers will be allowed to remove disruptive students and required to teach civility under a new law signed by Gov. George Pataki on Monday.