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HB 114 - Alternative schools; education and attendance requirements

Mueller, Anne O'Quin (152nd)	Manning, Judith H (32nd)	Stancil, Steve (16th)
Bordeaux, Tom (151st)	Brooks, Tyrone (54th)	Dean, Douglas C. (48th)

Status Summary	HC:	Ed	SC:		FR:	01/14/99	LA:	03/02/99	H - Favorably Reported (Sub)

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to students, so as to provide that alternative school programs shall be subject to the same mandatory education and attendance requirements as public schools; and for other purposes.

HB 114                                            LC 27 0899S 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official 
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and 
  1- 3  secondary students, so as to provide for the application of 
  1- 4  mandatory education requirements to children between ages 
  1- 5  seven and 16 apply who are assigned to alternative public 
  1- 6  school programs and to the parents, guardians, or other 
  1- 7  persons having control or charge of such children; to 
  1- 8  provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal 
  1- 9  conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1-10       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-11                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-12  Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of 
  1-13  Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary 
  1-14  students, is amended in Code Section 20-2-690.1, relating to 
  1-15  mandatory education for children between ages seven and 16, 
  1-16  by striking in its entirety subsection (a) and inserting in 
  1-17  lieu thereof a new subsection (a) to read as follows: 
 
  1-18    "(a) Every parent, guardian, or other person residing 
  1-19    within this state having control or charge of any child or 
  1-20    children between their seventh and sixteenth birthdays 
  1-21    shall enroll and send such child or children to a public 
  1-22    school, a private school, or a home study program that 
  1-23    meets the requirements for a public school, a private 
  1-24    school, or a home study program; and such child shall be 
  1-25    responsible for enrolling in and attending a public 
  1-26    school, a private school, or a home study program that 
  1-27    meets the requirements for a public school, a private 
  1-28    school, or a home study program under such penalty for 
  1-29    noncompliance with this subsection as is provided in 
  1-30    Chapter 11 of Title 15, unless the child's failure to 
  1-31    enroll and attend is caused by the child's parent, 
  1-32    guardian, or other person, in which case the parent, 
  1-33    guardian, or other person alone shall be responsible; 
  1-34    provided, however, that tests and physical exams for 
  1-35    military service and the National Guard and such other 
 
 
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  2- 1    approved absences shall be excused absences.  The 
  2- 2    requirements of this subsection shall apply to a child 
  2- 3    between his or her seventh and sixteenth birthdays who has 
  2- 4    been assigned by a local board of education or its 
  2- 5    delegate to attend an alternative public school program 
  2- 6    established by that local board of education, including an 
  2- 7    alternative public school program provided for in Code 
  2- 8    Section 20-2-769, regardless of whether such child has 
  2- 9    been suspended or expelled from another public school 
  2-10    program by that local board of education or its delegate, 
  2-11    and to the parent, guardian, or other person residing in 
  2-12    this state who has control or charge of such child." 
 
  2-13                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2-14  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1999, and shall 
  2-15  apply to offenses committed on or after that date. 
 
  2-16                           SECTION 3. 
 
  2-17  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-18  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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