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House Bill 618 (COMMITTEE
SUBSTITUTE)
By: Representative Ashe of the
46th
A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to
provide that provisions relating to students subject to disciplinary orders of
other public school systems apply to students subject to disciplinary orders of
other educational entities, including private schools and home study programs;
to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, is amended by
striking in its entirety Code Section 20_2_751.2, relating to students subject
to disciplinary orders of other school systems, and inserting in lieu thereof
the
following:
"20_2_751.2.
(a)
As used in this Code section, the term 'disciplinary order' means any order of
a local school system an educational entity, as defined in
Code Section 20_2_690, which imposes short_term suspension, long_term
suspension, or expulsion upon a student in such system of
such educational entity.
(b) A local board of
education which has a student who attempts to enroll or who is enrolled in any
school in its school system district during the time in
which that student is subject to a disciplinary order of any other
school system educational entity is authorized to refuse
to enroll or subject that student to short_term suspension, long_term
suspension, or expulsion for any time remaining in that other school
system´s educational entity´s disciplinary order upon
receiving a certified copy of such order if the offense which led to such
suspension or expulsion in the other school educational
entity was an offense for which suspension or expulsion could be imposed in
the enrolling school district in which the student is
enrolled or seeking to enroll.
(c) A
local school system district may
request of another school system educational entity
whether any disciplinary order has been imposed by the other
system educational entity upon a student who is seeking
to enroll or is enrolled in the requesting system school
district. If such an order has been imposed and is still in effect for such
student, the requested system educational entity shall
so inform the requesting system school district and
shall provide a certified copy of the order to the requesting
system school district.
(d) If
any school administrator determines from the information obtained pursuant to
this Code section or from Code Section 15_11_28 or 15_11_80 that a student has
been convicted of or has been adjudicated to have committed an offense which is
a designated felony act under Code Section 15_11_63, such administrator shall so
inform all teachers to whom the student is assigned. Such teachers and other
certificated professional personnel as the administrator deems appropriate may
review the information in the student´s file provided pursuant to this Code
section that has been received from other schools
educational entities or from the juvenile courts or superior courts.
Such information shall be kept
confidential."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.