HB 145 - Schools; certain students; disciplinary sanctions
Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions
HB 145 - Schools; certain students; disciplinary sanctions
Page Numbers - 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 10/ 11/ 12/ 13
1. Buckner 95th 2. Benefield 96th 3. Lee 94th
House Comm: Ed / Senate Comm: Ed /
House Vote: Yeas 116 Nays 7 Senate Vote: Yeas 49 Nays 1
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House Action Senate
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1/11/95 Read 1st Time 2/9/95
1/12/95 Read 2nd Time 3/13/95
2/1/95 Favorably Reported 3/13/95
Am Committee Amend/Sub
2/8/95 Read 3rd Time 3/15/95
2/8/95 Passed/Adopted 3/15/95
CAFA Comm/Floor Amend/Sub FA
3/17/95 Amend/Sub Disagreed To
3/17/95 Insists 3/17/95
3/17/95 Conf Comm Appointed 3/17/95
3/17/95 Conf Comm Rep Adopted 3/17/95
3/31/95 Sent to Governor
4/21/95 Signed by Governor
500 Act/Veto Number
7/1/95 Effective Date
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Code Sections amended: 20-2-253, 20-2-270, 20-2-271, 20-2-272, 202-2-273,
20-2-274, 20-2-282, 20-2-751.1
HB 145 HB 145/AP
H. B. No. 145 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By: Representatives Buckner of the 95th, Benefield of the
96th and Lee of the 94th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1- 1 To amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official
1- 2 Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to quality basic
1- 3 education, so as to provide for state grants to local school
1- 4 systems on the basis of achievement; to change the manner in
1- 5 which such funds may be expended; to change provisions
1- 6 relating to the establishment of a state-wide network of
1- 7 regional educational service agencies; to change certain
1- 8 provisions relating to the powers and duties of each agency
1- 9 board of control; to change provisions relating to programs
1-10 and services to be administered by the regional educational
1-11 service agency director; to change provisions relating to
1-12 the financing of agency expenses and programs; to provide an
1-13 exemption from the requirement of comprehensive evaluations
1-14 of public schools and the standards and procedures relating
1-15 thereto; to amend Subpart 2 of Part 2 of Article 16 of
1-16 Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
1-17 Annotated, the "Public School Disciplinary Tribunal Act," so
1-18 as to authorize local boards of education to impose certain
1-19 disciplinary sanctions upon students who are still subject
1-20 to such sanctions by another school system; to provide for a
1-21 definition; to provide for requests and responses thereto;
1-22 to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
1-24 Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
1-25 Georgia Annotated, relating to quality basic education, is
1-26 amended by striking Code Section 20-2-253, relating to
1-27 incentive awards, in its entirety and inserting in lieu
1-28 thereof the following:
1-29 "20-2-253. (Index)
1-30 The State Board of Education shall provide qualified
1-31 public elementary and secondary schools and local school
1-32 systems with incentive award grants, subject to
1-33 appropriation by the General Assembly. The purpose of
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2- 1 such grants shall be to give recognition to public schools
2- 2 and local school systems having demonstrated high levels
2- 3 of performance or achievement, high levels of improved
2- 4 performance; provided, however, that all comparisons of
2- 5 schools shall be with other schools containing similar
2- 6 grade levels and containing student populations which have
2- 7 similar demographic characteristics and that all
2- 8 comparisons of local school systems shall be with other
2- 9 local school systems containing student populations which
2-10 have similar demographic characteristics achievement, or
2-11 to raise the performance of lower achieving schools or
2-12 school systems. The amount of such incentive award grants
2-13 shall be reflective of the most recent full-time
2-14 equivalent counts of the qualified public schools or local
2-15 school systems, respectively, and such other factors
2-16 deemed appropriate by the state board. The public schools
2-17 or local school systems receiving such incentive award
2-18 grants shall may expend these funds to improve their staffdevelopment or instructional programming, or both, in a
2-20 manner they deem appropriate. Such recipients of the
2-21 incentive award grants shall not be required to apply
2-22 local funds to the expenditures authorized under this Code
2-23 section. The state board shall adopt a list of performance
2-24 achievement areas for which public schools and local
2-25 school systems may receive incentive award grants and
2-26 shall prescribe criteria, policies, and standards deemed
2-27 necessary for the effective implementation of this Code
2-28 section."
SECTION 2.
2-29 Said article is further amended by striking Part 11 thereof
2-30 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new Part 11
2-31 to read as follows:
"Part 11
2-32 20-2-270. (Index)
2-33 (a) The State Board of Education shall establish a
2-34 state-wide network of regional educational service
2-35 agencies for the purposes: of providing shared services
2-36 designed to improve the effectiveness of educational
2-37 programs and services of to local school systems; and
2-38 providing instructional programs directly to selected
2-39 public school students in the state; providing Georgia
2-40 Learning Resources System services; and implementing state
2-41 initiatives as required by the state board. The regional
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3- 1 educational service agencies established by the state
3- 2 board may legally be referred to as 'RESA' or 'RESA's.'
3- 3 The shared services to member local school systems shall
3- 4 include the following assistance: The shared services may
3- 5 also include assistance designed to address documented
3- 6 local needs pursuant to subsection (d) of Code Section
3- 7 20-2-272. (1) Identifying or conducting research related to
3- 9 educational improvements and in planning for the
3-10 implementation of such improvements; (2) Developing and implementing staff development
3-12 programs; (3) Developing and implementing curricula and
3-14 instruction of the highest quality possible, including
3-15 implementing the uniformly sequenced core curriculum
3-16 adopted by the state board; (4) Developing and implementing assessment and
3-18 evaluation programs; (5) Identifying and utilizing electronic technology,
3-20 including computers, in an effort to improve the quality
3-21 of classroom instruction as well as classroom, school,
3-22 and school system management; and (6) Developing programs, resource materials, and staff
3-24 development services relating to instruction on alcohol
3-25 and drug abuse. The shared services may also include assistance designed
3-27 to address documented local needs pursuant to subsection
3-28 (d) of Code Section 20-2-272. (b) The service areas for the Georgia Learning Resources
3-30 System and the Psychoeducational Network for severely
3-31 emotionally disturbed students in place June 30, 1987,
3-32 shall be continued for fiscal year 1988. If effective
3-33 July 1, 1988, or any July 1 thereafter, the State Board of
3-34 Education reorganizes the service areas of regional
3-35 educational service agencies from the 16 service area
3-36 arrangement in place June 30, 1987, the state board shall
3-37 also review effective the same date the service areas for
3-38 the Georgia Learning Resources System and the
3-39 Psychoeducational Network to be compatible with the
3-40 reorganized service areas for the regional educational
3-41 service agencies. Upon the request of a majority of the
3-42 local school superintendents of the local school systems
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4- 1 within the service area of a unit of the Georgia Learning
4- 2 Resources System or of the Psychoeducational Network,
4- 3 representatives of each of the local school systems in the
4- 4 respective service area shall vote in the manner and at
4- 5 the time prescribed by the state board to determine if one
4- 6 of the local school systems or the regional educational
4- 7 service agency serving the respective service area shall
4- 8 serve as the fiscal agent for the respective unit of the
4- 9 Georgia Learning Resources System or the Psychoeducational
4-10 Network for the ensuing fiscal year. In the event this
4-11 vote results in a change in the fiscal agent for the
4-12 respective unit, the new fiscal agent shall continue in
4-13 this capacity for a minimum of three fiscal years. In the
4-14 event a regional educational service agency is designated
4-15 as the fiscal agent for the service area of a unit of the
4-16 Georgia Learning Resources System or of the
4-17 Psychoeducational Network, all member and nonmember local
4-18 school systems shall be provided the services of the
4-19 Georgia Learning Resources System or the Psychoeducational
4-20 Network, respectively. The state board is authorized to
4-21 contract with regional educational service areas to
4-22 provide educational services to students with handicapping
4-23 conditions which are either of such low incidence or of
4-24 such severity that it is unfeasible or impractical to
4-25 provide needed educational and training services through
4-26 local school systems pursuant to Code Section 20-2-152.
4-27 (b) The state board shall be authorized to fund services,
4-28 programs, and initiatives provided for in subsection (a)
4-29 of this Code section through RESA's either by contract or
4-30 cooperative agreement. Beginning July 1, 1996, the state
4-31 board shall make the service areas for the Georgia
4-32 Learning Resources System compatible with the service
4-33 areas for the RESA's. The RESA's are designated as the
4-34 fiscal agents for the agency of the Georgia Learning
4-35 Resources System or a local board of education as
4-36 identified by the State Board of Education through an
4-37 annual contract to serve as fiscal agent for the Georgia
4-38 Learning Resources System. All member and nonmember local
4-39 school systems shall be provided the services of the
4-40 Georgia Learning Resources System.
4-41 (c) The Psychoeducational Network for severely emotionally
4-42 disturbed students shall be continued in effect. The
4-43 service areas of units of the Psychoeducational Network
4-44 for severely emotionally disturbed students in place on
4-45 January 1, 1995, shall be continued in effect. The fiscal
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5- 1 agent for each service area shall be as in effect on
5- 2 January 1, 1995, unless changed as provided in this
5- 3 subsection. Upon the request of a majority of the local
5- 4 school superintendents of the local school systems within
5- 5 a service area, representatives of each of the local
5- 6 school systems in the respective service area shall vote
5- 7 in the manner and at the time prescribed by the state
5- 8 board to determine if one of the local school systems or
5- 9 the regional educational service agency serving the
5-10 respective service area shall serve as the fiscal agent
5-11 for the respective unit of the Psychoeducational Network
5-12 for the ensuing fiscal year. In the event this vote
5-13 results in a change in the fiscal agent for the respective
5-14 unit, the new fiscal agent shall continue in this capacity
5-15 for a minimum of three fiscal years. In the event a
5-16 regional educational service agency is designated as the
5-17 fiscal agent for a service area, all member and nonmember
5-18 local school systems shall be provided the services of the
5-19 Psychoeducational Network.
5-20 20-2-271. (Index)
5-21 (a) The State Board of Education shall establish the
5-22 service area of each regional educational service agency
5-23 as a single geographical area that contains the entire
5-24 area of several local school systems. To the extent
5-25 feasible and practical, all such service areas shall be
5-26 homogeneous in terms of the number of local school
5-27 systems, the number of public schools, the number of
5-28 students, the number of square miles within the service
5-29 area, and any other factors specified by the state board;
5-30 provided, however, that the service area for metropolitan
5-31 Atlanta may be an exception due to the high density of
5-32 students per square mile. The total number of such
5-33 service areas shall be as small as possible to ensure cost
5-34 effectiveness of its operation; however, the number shall
5-35 be large enough to minimize excessive travel time when
5-36 providing shared services within any such service area.
5-37 Each local school system in this state shall be assigned
5-38 to one of these service areas.
5-39 (b) Each local board of education of a local school system
5-40 which elects not to be a member of the regional
5-41 educational service agency in its designated service area
5-42 during the ensuing fiscal year shall approve a resolution
5-43 to that effect and forward a copy of said resolution to
5-44 the State Board of Education and the board of control of
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6- 1 the regional agency by January 15. Such action shall be
6- 2 required annually.
6- 3 20-2-272. (Index)
6- 4 (a) Each regional educational service agency shall be
6- 5 governed by a board of control. The number of members and
6- 6 terms of office shall be prescribed by the State Board of
6- 7 Education; provided, however, that at least one-third of
6- 8 the membership of each board of control shall be
6- 9 individuals who hold no other public office, who are not
6-10 employees of any local unit of administration, and who are
6-11 not employees of the Department of Education. The members
6-12 of the board of control shall be elected by an annual
6-13 caucus of an equal number of members of local boards of
6-14 education from the respective member local school systems.
6-15 The state board shall also prescribe an equal number of
6-16 local board members from each member local school system
6-17 to participate in said caucus.
6-18 (b) All laws and the policies and regulations of the State
6-19 Board of Education applicable to local school systems and
6-20 local boards of education shall be applicable, when
6-21 appropriate, to the regional educational service agencies
6-22 and their boards of control unless explicitly stated
6-23 otherwise in this part. No board of control shall hold
6-24 title to real property or levy or collect any taxes. No
6-25 board of control shall expend or contract to expend any
6-26 funds beyond the amount of funds that the board of control
6-27 is legally authorized to receive and will, in fact,
6-28 receive. Each board of control shall submit an annual
6-29 report and an annual budget to the state board, in the
6-30 manner prescribed by the state board, for review and
6-31 approval.
6-32 (c) The State Board of Education shall be responsible for
6-33 assuring that the activities of each regional educational
6-34 service agency and its board of control established under
6-35 this part conform to both the Constitution and laws of
6-36 Georgia, as well as the policies and regulations of the
6-37 state board. The State School Superintendent shall report
6-38 to the General Assembly, pursuant to subsection (d) of
6-39 Code Section 20-2-282, the results of any comprehensive
6-40 evaluations of regional educational service agencies, the
6-41 status of each such agency, and the progress each
6-42 nonstandard agency has made toward addressing identified
6-43 deficiencies.
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7- 1 (d) Boards of control shall determine the optional
7- 2 assistance needed by local school systems in the area
7- 3 served by each regional educational service agency,
7- 4 establish priorities from those needs, and allocate local
7- 5 resources accordingly. Boards of control shall annually
7- 6 review the progress and cost effectiveness of such
7- 7 agencies by relating outputs to dollar inputs. Boards of
7- 8 control shall determine the procedures and activities by
7- 9 which each regional educational service agency achieves
7-10 locally established objectives and shall establish job
7-11 descriptions, personnel qualifications, and work schedules
7-12 consistent with locally established priorities and
7-13 objectives.
7-14 (e) In the event the State Board of Education adopts a
7-15 policy to reorganize the service areas of regional
7-16 educational service agencies pursuant to subsection (a) of
7-17 Code Section 20-2-271 effective July 1 of a fiscal year,
7-18 members of boards of control during the preceding fiscal
7-19 year shall constitute planning boards for the respective
7-20 service areas to be established the ensuing July 1. Each
7-21 planning board shall have the authority to establish the
7-22 location or locations of the office or offices of its
7-23 regional educational service agency effective the ensuing
7-24 July 1, to issue contracts with a director and other
7-25 agency staff to be employed effective the ensuing fiscal
7-26 year, to assess the needs of all potential member local
7-27 school systems, to prepare operational plans and budgets
7-28 for the ensuing fiscal year, to establish the manner by
7-29 which the local share of the budget will be assessed to
7-30 potential member local school systems, and to make any
7-31 other such decisions that the state board deems necessary
7-32 for an orderly transition of service areas for regional
7-33 educational service agencies. Such decisions shall be
7-34 adopted by these planning boards prior to December 15 of
7-35 the fiscal year preceding the effective date for
7-36 reorganization of the service areas, in order that each
7-37 local school system will have the information needed to
7-38 make an informed decision relative to membership in its
7-39 respective regional educational service area pursuant to
7-40 subsection (b) of Code Section 20-2-271 on or before
7-41 January 15 of that fiscal year. Any such planning board
7-42 shall be authorized to amend, prior to April 15 of that
7-43 fiscal year, any such decisions which are necessary as the
7-44 result of the actions of the General Assembly during its
7-45 regular session during that fiscal year. In the event a
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8- 1 planning board has amended one or more decisions pursuant
8- 2 to this provision, each local school system within the
8- 3 service area of such planning board shall be authorized to
8- 4 reverse its decision relative to membership for the
8- 5 ensuing fiscal year prior to May 15 of that fiscal year,
8- 6 pursuant to procedures specified in subsection (b) of Code
8- 7 Section 20-2-271.
8- 8 20-2-273. (Index)
8- 9 (a) Each board of control shall appoint and contract with
8-10 a director who shall be the executive officer of the
8-11 regional educational service agency. The director shall
8-12 be responsible for the administration of programs and
8-13 services approved by the board of control, including the
8-14 Georgia Learning Resources System, except for those under
8-15 contract with a local board of education serving as fiscal
8-16 agent for the Georgia Learning Resources System.
8-17 (b) The regional educational service agency staff shall
8-18 consist of those individuals authorized by the board of
8-19 control to provide the instructional and support services
8-20 prescribed in Code Section 20-2-270.
8-21 20-2-274. (Index)
8-22 (a) The For fiscal year 1989, the State Board of Education
8-23 shall grant, subject to appropriation by the General
8-24 Assembly, the funds to continue the operations of regional
8-25 educational service agencies in a manner similar to the
8-26 preceding fiscal year, adjusted only to reflect changes in
8-27 the salaries and operational costs similar to those made
8-28 for local school systems under this article; further, in
8-29 those instances that regional educational service agencies
8-30 are designated as fiscal agents, the state board shall
8-31 grant additional funds needed to provide instructional and
8-32 support services to students eligible for the
8-33 Psychoeducational Network and to provide services under
8-34 the Georgia Learning Resources System to all local school
8-35 systems contained in the respective service areas.
8-36 Beginning fiscal year 1990 and thereafter, the state board
8-37 shall be authorized to provide each regional educational
8-38 service agency with a uniform state-wide needs program
8-39 grant and a documented local needs program grant, subject
8-40 to appropriation by the General Assembly. The uniform
8-41 state-wide needs program grant shall consist of two
8-42 components: the same fixed amount for each regional
8-43 educational service agency; and an amount which reflects
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9- 1 the number of local school systems, the number of schools,
9- 2 the number of students, and the number of square miles
9- 3 contained collectively within its member local school
9- 4 systems. Each regional educational service agency shall be
9- 5 required to match the uniform state-wide needs program
9- 6 grant with an amount of funds equal to one-fourth of this
9- 7 grant. The uniform state-wide needs grant and its
9- 8 matching local which funds shall be used to finance the
9- 9 basic administrative overhead of the regional educational
9-10 service agencies. The state board shall provide grants to
9-11 regional educational service agencies for Georgia Learning
9-12 Resources Systems or to a local school system contracted
9-13 to be a fiscal agent for a Georgia Learning Resources
9-14 System. Each regional educational service agency shall
9-15 submit a proposal to the State Board of Education for
9-16 implementing state initiatives. The State Board of
9-17 Education shall review the proposals and enter into a
9-18 contract or cooperative agreement with the regional
9-19 educational service agency to carry out these purposes.
9-20 The State Board of Education shall determine the amount of
9-21 any contract award or amounts expended pursuant to a
9-22 cooperative agreement. The State Board of Education shall
9-23 develop and implement policies, rules, and regulations to
9-24 carry out this part. and to provide the areas of
9-25 assistance specified in subsection (a) of Code Section
9-26 20-2-270. The amount of funds granted to each regional
9-27 educational service agency for the documented local needs
9-28 program grant shall depend upon the proportion that the
9-29 number of local school systems, number of schools, number
9-30 of students, and number of square miles contained
9-31 collectively within its member local school systems are of
9-32 these respective factors state wide, as well as the
9-33 adopted operational plan and the budget designed to
9-34 address documented needs for assistance to member local
9-35 school systems. Each regional educational service agency
9-36 shall be required to match the documented local needs
9-37 program grant with an amount of funds equal to two-thirds
9-38 of that grant. Each board of control shall be authorized
9-39 to adopt the manner by which each member local school
9-40 system shall be assessed its share of membership funds.
9-41 the uniform state-wide needs program and the documented
9-42 local needs program; provided, however, that member local
9-43 school systems shall not be allowed to use funds received
9-44 under the provisions of this article for this purpose. In
9-45 the event a regional educational service agency is
9-46 designated as the fiscal agent for the Georgia Learning
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10- 1 Resources System or for the Psychoeducational Network for
10- 2 severely emotionally disturbed students, the The state
10- 3 board shall grant the regional educational service agency
10- 4 the funds needed to provide services to all local school
10- 5 systems in the service area of the Georgia Learning
10- 6 Resources System or Psychoeducational Network as
10- 7 respectively designated as the fiscal agent or to any
10- 8 local school system contracted to serve as the fiscal
10- 9 agent for a Georgia Learning Resource System as well as
10-10 the grants authorized previously by this subsection. All
10-11 other financing will be based on contracts to supply
10-12 service programs to member local school systems. The
10-13 funds for these programs, upon a contract approval basis,
10-14 may be derived from local, state, federal, or private
10-15 sources.
10-16 (b) A regional educational service agency may not receive
10-17 directly from the State Board of Education any state funds
10-18 originally intended for or directed to a local school
10-19 system by this article; provided, however, that, upon the
10-20 official request of a local school system, the state board
10-21 may send directly to a regional educational service agency
10-22 any funds allocated to a local school system. All grants
10-23 and contracts from the state along with the contributions
10-24 from member local school systems and funds from other
10-25 sources shall be budgeted by the board of control other
10-26 than those designated to local systems designated as
10-27 fiscal agent for a Georgia Learning Resource System
10-28 through contract with the State Board of Education."
SECTION 3.
10-29 Said article is further amended by striking subsection (a)
10-30 of Code Section 20-2-282, relating to the comprehensive
10-31 evaluation of public schools, and inserting in its place a
10-32 new subsection to read as follows:
10-33 "(a)(1) The State Board of Education shall supervise a
10-34 comprehensive evaluation of each public school, local
10-35 school system, and regional educational service agency
10-36 at least once every five years, except as provided in
10-37 paragraph (4) of this subsection or subsection (e.1) of
10-38 this Code section, concerning the following functions to
10-39 the extent they are deemed by the state board to be
10-40 appropriate and applicable to such units:
10-41 (A) The extent to which the strategic plan has been
10-42 effectively implemented;
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11- 1 (B) The extent to which the uniformly sequenced core
11- 2 curriculum adopted by the state board has been
11- 3 effectively implemented;
11- 4 (C) The extent of compliance with state laws and state
11- 5 board prescribed policies, rules, regulations,
11- 6 standards, and criteria;
11- 7 (D) The effectiveness of educational programs and
11- 8 services, including comparisons to student bodies
11- 9 which are comparable in terms of demographic
11-10 characteristics;
11-11 (E) The effectiveness of annual personnel evaluation
11-12 procedures and annual professional development plan
11-13 procedures and the extent to which staff development
11-14 programs effectively address deficiencies and other
11-15 needs identified through these processes;
11-16 (F) The accuracy of student count procedures;
11-17 (G) The accuracy of fiscal procedures as they apply to
11-18 implementing the state board prescribed program
11-19 accounting systems and ensuring funds are expended for
11-20 purposes authorized by state laws and state board
11-21 policy and regulations;
11-22 (H) The extent to which public awareness and
11-23 information processes comply with state law and state
11-24 board adopted policies and regulations; and
11-25 (I) Such other functions deemed necessary by the state
11-26 board for a full and comprehensive evaluation of such
11-27 units.
11-28 (2) Such comprehensive evaluations shall be conducted by
11-29 certificated professional employees from other local
11-30 units of administration, faculty members of colleges and
11-31 universities, and citizens residing within the
11-32 respective local units. The number and role of such
11-33 individuals shall be prescribed by the state board;
11-34 provided, however, that such individuals shall be
11-35 coordinated by professional evaluators. The state board
11-36 shall be authorized to require additional evaluations by
11-37 the Department of Education.
11-38 (3) The state board shall publish in the legal organ of
11-39 the county where the local school system is located the
11-40 result of the comprehensive evaluations, including a
11-41 summary of any deficiencies and recommendations for
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12- 1 addressing said deficiencies. The State School
12- 2 Superintendent shall annually report to the Governor and
12- 3 the General Assembly concerning the results of all
12- 4 state-wide assessments of student achievement; the
12- 5 status of each public school, local school system, and
12- 6 regional educational service agency; and the progress
12- 7 each nonstandard unit has made toward addressing
12- 8 identified deficiencies. Copies of such reports shall be
12- 9 made available upon request. The State School
12-10 Superintendent shall be authorized to require local
12-11 school superintendents and directors of regional
12-12 educational service agencies to provide such reports as
12-13 deemed necessary for the effective operation of public
12-14 education in this state. The State School Superintendent
12-15 shall compile an annual report in which shall be
12-16 presented a statement of the condition and amount of all
12-17 funds and property appropriated for the purpose of
12-18 public education, a statement of the average cost per
12-19 student of instruction in the state's public schools,
12-20 and a statement of the number of children of school age
12-21 in the state, with as much accuracy as possible. Such
12-22 report shall be kept in the State School
12-23 Superintendent's office and shall be available for
12-24 public inspection during regular business hours. Copies
12-25 of the report or portions of the report shall be made
12-26 available on request.
12-27 (4) Any school or school system that is accredited by
12-28 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools shall
12-29 be exempt from the comprehensive evaluation required by
12-30 paragraph (1) of this subsection. All such
12-31 accreditation reports shall be kept on file with the
12-32 Department of Education in lieu of the comprehensive
12-33 evaluation, including any follow-up reports. Any such
12-34 school or school system that is in a probationary status
12-35 shall file all corrective plans, designed in conjunction
12-36 with the accrediting agency, with the Department of
12-37 Education. Any school or school system that shall lose
12-38 accreditation will be subject to the comprehensive
12-39 evaluation specified in paragraph (1) of this
12-40 subsection."
SECTION 4.
12-41 Subpart 2 of Part 2 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20
12-42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Public
12-43 School Disciplinary Tribunal Act," is amended by adding
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13- 1 immediately following Code Section 20-2-751 a new Code
13- 2 section to read as follows:
13- 3 "20-2-751.1. (Index)
13- 4 (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'disciplinary
13- 5 order' means any order of a local school system which
13- 6 imposes short-term suspension, long-term suspension, or
13- 7 expulsion upon a student in such system.
13- 8 (b) A local board of education which has a student who
13- 9 attempts to enroll or who is enrolled in any school in its
13-10 school system during the time in which that student is
13-11 subject to a disciplinary order of any other school system
13-12 is authorized to refuse to enroll or subject that student
13-13 to short-term suspension, long-term suspension, or
13-14 expulsion for any time remaining in that other school
13-15 system's disciplinary order upon receiving a certified
13-16 copy of such order if the offense which led to such
13-17 suspension or expulsion in the other school was an offense
13-18 for which suspension or expulsion could be imposed in the
13-19 enrolling school.
13-20 (c) A local school system may request another school
13-21 system whether any disciplinary order has been imposed by
13-22 the other system upon a student who is seeking to enroll
13-23 or is enrolled in the requesting system. If such an order
13-24 has been imposed and is still in effect for such student,
13-25 the requested system shall so inform the requesting system
13-26 and shall provide a certified copy of the order to the
13-27 requesting system."
SECTION 5.
13-28 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
13-29 repealed.
H. B. No. 145
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