Why not segregate the students?

1) The first graders in reading group who have been taught -- either at home or through previous school instruction ie/ in kindergarten -- to keep their hands to themselves,
and
2) those 6-year-olds who have not yet mastered the skill.

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The case of a 6-year-old Colorado first-grader has captured pundit attention. He was suspended for kissing a classmate on the hand during reading group. His suspension was originally labeled "sexual harassment" but wisely downgraded to "misconduct" after a public outcry.

But...
clearly the boy's behavior needs to be addressed, or he should be removed from the reading group with children ready to learn to read, displaying proper behavior for that age.

[The boy's] mother*, Jennifer Saunders, said her son had an "innocent crush" on the girl and kissed her on the hand during a reading group.

But the mother of the girl, Jade Masters-Ownbey, said that Hunter had tried to kiss her daughter "over and over" without her permission, and that she supported the suspension.

"Not once, but over and over," Masters-Ownbey wrote on Facebook. "Not with her permission but sneaking up on her."

"I've had to coach her about what to do when you don't want someone touching you," she told the Canon City Daily Record. "But they won't stop."

Hunter already had received an in-school suspension for kissing the same girl.

Let the teachers teach.
Let the parent(s) and administrators/counselors help with remedial behavioral issues.

Don't slow the progress of the many to help the one with special needs, particularly if he is continually bothering another child in the class.
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* The child's name should not be publicized nationally, just as he would be protected were he a juvenile charged with a real crime, or the victim of a crime.