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Posted by Michelle LeGault | Filed Under First Amendment, School Law | Comments Off on State university did not violate graduate student’s free speech or free exercise rights Will I be kicked out of school if I’m adjudicated with a felony in juvenile court? Don’t I have a right to a public education?
If you were expelled or suspended for being convicted of a felony (in criminal court), being adjudicated to have committed a felony or any delinquent act under O.C.G.A. §15-11-28 which, if it were committed by an adult, would be a felony, or for being indicted for same, your school board can refuse to re-enroll you and can refuse to let you attend an alternative educational program. O.C.G.A. §20-2-768(a). And, if you try to enroll in another school outside your district, that district can refuse to enroll you.
Note that if you are under an IEP, you have the right to a “Free Appropriate Public Education”, or FAPE, and your school board cannot take away all educational services provided to you.
Posted by Michelle LeGault | Filed Under Juvenile Law, School Law | Comments Off on Will I be kicked out of school if I’m adjudicated with a felony in juvenile court? Don’t I have a right to a public education? What should I do if the school board schedules a student disciplinary hearing to hear charges that my child violated a school code of conduct rule?
If the school board schedules a disciplinary hearing, it means that your child’s school principal has recommended that your child be suspended for more than 10 days or expelled, or your child is alleged to have committed an assault or battery upon a teacher, other school official, or school employee and that teacher, school official or school employee requests that a disciplinary hearing be held. At a minimum, you should: (1) review your child’s school’s “student code of conduct” for information on the rule your child allegedly violated; (2) review the letter notifying you of the student disciplinary hearing for information on how to obtain copies of the documents your child’s school will use against your child at the hearing and obtain copies of all statements and evidence the school will use at the hearing; (3) review the code of conduct and/or the school’s letter for information about any deadlines for notifying the school that you will be bringing an attorney to the hearing, if that is what you plan to do.
If your child is alleged to have violated a school rule that is also a criminal offense, it is highly recommended that you seek advice from an attorney familiar with school law, juvenile law, and, depending on the nature of the alleged offense and/or your child’s age, criminal law, so that additional evidence is not created at the school hearing that could be used against your child in a juvenile delinquency/criminal proceeding.
Note, that if your child is under an IEP, the hearing will be split into two parts, the “adjudicatory”, or “guilt” phase, and then a “Manifestation Determination” to determine whether the alleged rule violation was directly and substantially related to your child’s disability or was a direct result of the school’s failure to implement the IEP.
Posted by Michelle LeGault | Filed Under Juvenile Law, School Law | Comments Off on What should I do if the school board schedules a student disciplinary hearing to hear charges that my child violated a school code of conduct rule? It is illegal for my child’s school to take photographs of her bottom without first advising me or allowing me to be present?
No. Under Georgia law, school teachers, school administrators, school guidance counselors, visiting teachers, school social workers and school psychologists are required to report child abuse under certain circumstances. See generally O.C.G.A. §19-7-5. That is, where they have “reasonable cause to believe that a child has been abused”, they must “report or cause reports of that abuse to be made” as set forth in O.C.G.A. §19-7-5. See O.C.G.A. §19-7-5(c)(1)-(2). “Child abuse” is defined in relevant part as “[p]hysical injury or death inflicted upon a child by a parent or caretaker thereof by other than accidental means; provided, however, physical forms of discipline may be used as long as there is no physical injury to the child”. O.C.G.A. §19-7-5(b)(3)(A). In connection with reporting the suspected child abuse, the statute specifically states:
Photographs of the child’s injuries to be used as documentation in support of allegations by . . . school officials . . . may be taken without the permission of the child’s parent or guardian. Such photograph shall be made available as soon as possible to the chief welfare agency providing protective services and to the appropriate policy authority.
O.C.G.A. §19-7-5(e).
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