SB 31 - Pub. Schools - disciplinary problem students
Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions
SB 31 - Pub. Schools - disciplinary problem students
Page Numbers - 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5
1. Scott 36th 2. Ray 19th 3. Gillis 20th
4. Clay 37th 5. Stokes 43rd
Senate Comm: Ed / House Comm: Ed /
Senate Vote: Yeas 54 Nays 1
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Senate Action House
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1/10/95 Read 1st time 2/3/95
1/31/95 Favorably Reported 3/10/95
Sub Committee Amend/Sub
2/1/95 Read 2nd Time 2/6/95
2/2/95 Read 3rd Time 3/15/95
2/2/95 Passed/Adopted 3/15/95
CS Comm/Floor Amend/Sub FAs
3/17/95 Amend/Sub Agreed To
4/3/95 Sent To Governor
4/7/95 Signed by Governor
234 Act/Veto Number
7/1/95 Effective Date
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Code Sections amended: 20-2-764, 20-2-765, 20-2-766
SB 31 95 SB31/AP
SENATE BILL 31
By: Senators Scott of the 36th, Ray of the 19th, Gillis
of the 20th and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1- 1 To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
1- 2 Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary
1- 3 educaton, so as to provide for state grants for certain
1- 4 educational programs conducted after regular school hours
1- 5 for at-risk youth; to define certain terms; to provide that
1- 6 once a student is identified by an educator as a
1- 7 disciplinary problem, the parent or guardian shall be
1- 8 invited for a school visit and requested to attend a
1- 9 conference; to provide that before a student is permitted to
1-10 return from a suspension or expulsion, the school shall
1-11 request the student's parent or guardian to attend a
1-12 conference between the principal and the student's parent or
1-13 guardian; to provide for related matters; to repeal
1-14 conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
1-15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
1-16 Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
1-17 Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education,
1-18 is amended by adding immediately after Code Section 20-2-255
1-19 a new Code Section 20-2-256 to read as follows:
1-20 "20-2-256. (Index)
1-21 (a) As used in this Code section, the term:
1-22 (1) 'After-school program' means any academic program
1-23 conducted after regular school hours to serve only
1-24 students who have previously dropped out of school or
1-25 who have previously failed courses.
1-26 (2) 'Course' means an instructional course for which a
1-27 program count is permissible under Code Section
1-28 20-2-160.
1-29 (3) 'FTE' or 'full-time equivalency' means the program
1-30 cost obtained under the method described in Code Section
1-31 20-2-160.
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2- 1 (4) 'Student' means a person who is otherwise eligible
2- 2 to be included in a program count under Code Section
2- 3 20-2-160.
2- 4 (b) Two or more local school systems which jointly
2- 5 establish any after-school program for at-risk students
2- 6 shall be eligible to receive a state grant equal to the
2- 7 amount otherwise earned by such students if they were
2- 8 enrolled in equivalent courses in the high school program
2- 9 during the school day and counted as FTE students. The
2-10 State Board of Education is directed to prescribe a method
2-11 of determining full-time equivalency of such programs in
2-12 keeping with Code Section 20-2-160 and shall calculate the
2-13 funds needed for such programs as part of its annual
2-14 budget request."
SECTION 2.
2-15 Said chapter is further amended by adding at the end of Part
2-16 2 of Article 16 a new Subpart 3 to read as follows:
"Subpart 3
2-17 20-2-764. (Index)
2-18 As used in this subpart, the term:
2-19 (1) 'Chronic disciplinary problem student' means a
2-20 student who exhibits a pattern of behavior
2-21 characteristics which interfere with the learning
2-22 process of students around him or her and which are
2-23 likely to recur.
2-24 (2) 'Expulsion' means expulsion of a student from a
2-25 public school beyond the current school quarter or
2-26 semester.
2-27 (3) 'Suspension' means the short-term suspension of a
2-28 student from a public school for not more than ten days
2-29 or long-term suspension for more than ten days pursuant
2-30 to Code Section 20-2-751.
2-31 20-2-765. (Index)
2-32 Any time a teacher or principal identifies a student as a
2-33 chronic disciplinary problem student, the principal shall
2-34 notify by certified mail with return receipt requested, by
2-35 first-class mail, or by telephone call the student's
2-36 parent or guardian of the disciplinary problem, invite
2-37 such parent or guardian to observe the student in a
2-38 classroom situation, and request at least one parent or
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3- 1 guardian to attend a conference with the principal or the
3- 2 teacher or both to devise a disciplinary and behavioral
3- 3 correction plan.
3- 4 20-2-766. (Index)
3- 5 Before any student is permitted to return from an
3- 6 expulsion or suspension, the school to which the student
3- 7 is to be readmitted shall request by certified mail with
3- 8 return receipt requested, by first-class mail, or by
3- 9 telephone call at least one parent or guardian to attend a
3-10 conference with the principal or his or her designee to
3-11 devise a disciplinary and behavioral correction plan.
3-12 Failure of the parent or guardian to attend shall not
3-13 preclude the student from being readmitted to the school.
3-14 At the discretion of the principal, a teacher, counselor,
3-15 or other person may attend the conference. The principal
3-16 shall ensure that a notation of the conference is placed
3-17 in the student's permanent file."
SECTION 3.
3-18 To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
3-19 Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary
3-20 education, so as to change provisions relating to the
3-21 employment, use, and funding of attendance officers; to
3-22 provide for the authority and duties of attendance officers;
3-23 to define certain terms; to provide that once a student is
3-24 identified by an educator as a disciplinary problem, the
3-25 parent or guardian shall be invited for a school visit and
3-26 requested to attend a conference; to provide that before a
3-27 student is permitted to return from a suspension or
3-28 expulsion, the school shall request the student's parent or
3-29 guardian to attend a conference between the principal and
3-30 the student's parent or guardian; to provide for related
3-31 matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
3-32 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 4.
3-33 Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
3-34 Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education,
3-35 is amended by striking Code Section 20-2-695, relating to
3-36 employment by local boards of education of attendance
3-37 officers, and inserting in lieu thereof a new Code Section
3-38 20-2-695 to read as follows:
3-39 "20-2-695. (Index)
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4- 1 (a) A local board of education may employ a person as an
4- 2 attendance officer or attendance officers in lieu of
4- 3 addition to a visiting teacher or visiting teachers only
4- 4 if that person had been employed as an attendance officer
4- 5 by such local board prior to July 1, 1990. Such an
4- 6 attendance officer must be paid wholly from local funds of
4- 7 the local board unless state funds are specifically
4- 8 appropriated for purposes of employment of attendance
4- 9 officers, in which case state funds may be used to the
4-10 extent so appropriated. Attendance officers shall not be
4-11 required to qualify under rules and regulations
4-12 promulgated by the Professional Standards Commission for
4-13 the certification of visiting teachers.
4-14 (b) The authority and duties of any attendance officer so
4-15 appointed by a local board of education shall include:
4-16 (1) The duty to cooperate with state agencies, make
4-17 monthly reports to that officer's school superintendent,
4-18 and comply with state and local rules, as provided in
4-19 Code Section 20-2-696;
4-20 (2) The authority to receive cooperation and attendance
4-21 reports from that officer's school system, as provided
4-22 for in Code Section 20-2-697;
4-23 (3) When specifically authorized by the appointing local
4-24 board of education, the authority to assume temporary
4-25 custody of children absent from school in the same
4-26 manner as authorized for peace officers under Code
4-27 Sections 20-2-698 through 20-2-700; and any attendance
4-28 officer so authorized by the appointing local board of
4-29 education shall when engaged in such function have the
4-30 same duties, authority, rights, privileges, and
4-31 immunities as applicable to a peace officer engaged in
4-32 such function, provided that the same shall not extend
4-33 to the carrying of a weapon unless the attendance
4-34 officer holds a valid certification as a peace officer
4-35 from the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training
4-36 Council;
4-37 (4) The duty to report children absent from school to
4-38 the juvenile court or other court having jurisdiction,
4-39 as provided for in Code Section 20-2-701; and
4-40 (5) Such other authority and duties as may be provided
4-41 by law or as may be provided by the appointing local
4-42 board of education in conformity with law."
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SECTION 5.
5- 1 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
5- 2 repealed.
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