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GA Code § 20-2-694 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 1 - School Attendance|Subpart 2 - Compulsory Attendance|§ 20-2-694. Administration and Enforcement of Subpart

 It shall be the duty of each county and independent school system board of education, each local school superintendent within the state, and the Department of Education to administer this subpart and to secure its enforcement in cooperation with the other state and county agencies and in cooperation with the administrators of private schools and parents or guardians providing a home study program.The Department of Education shall coordinate with boards of education and local school superintendents regarding administration of this part with respect to students in home study programs.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 343, § 4; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1266, § 3; Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 32/HB 706; Ga. L. 2012, p. 648, § 4/HB 39.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2012, p. 648, § 6/HB 39, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment by that Act shall apply beginning with school year 2012-2013.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Provisions neither authorize nor prohibit parents from sending children to school during teacher's absence.   - Former visiting Teacher's Law neither authorizes nor prohibits a school from directing the parents of children whose teacher is absent not to send the parents' children to school during the teacher's absence. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 331.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 271 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 1025.
GA Code § 20-2-696 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 1 - School Attendance|Subpart 2 - Compulsory Attendance|§ 20-2-696. Duties of Visiting Teachers and Attendance Officers

 In the discharge of the duties of their office, visiting teachers, acting visiting teachers, or attendance officers shall:    Cooperate fully with the Department of Human Services, the Department of Labor, and other state agencies;   Make monthly and annual reports to their respective local school superintendents on attendance and other problems of child school adjustment in the public schools of their territory; and   Comply with the rules and regulations of the county and independent school system boards of education and the State Board of Education.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 343, § 7; Ga. L. 1963, p. 218, § 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 1203; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1069, § 3; Ga. L. 1978, p. 941, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1266, § 4; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 173 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 1027, 1028.
GA Code § 20-2-698 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 1 - School Attendance|Subpart 2 - Compulsory Attendance|§ 20-2-698. Peace Officers May Take Temporary Custody of Truant Children Away From Home

 Any peace officer may assume temporary custody, during school hours, of any child subject to compulsory school attendance who is found away from home and who is absent from a public or private school or a home study program without a valid written excuse from school officials or from the parent or guardian in charge of the home study program.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 768, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1266, § 5.)   Cross references.   - Taking of child into custody generally, § 15-11-45 et seq.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Officer reasonably stopping juvenile for violation.    - Evidence sufficiently supported a juvenile defendant's adjudication of delinquency based upon obstruction of a law enforcement officer in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-10-24(a) as the officer was in the lawful discharge of official duties when the officer asked the juvenile to stop in order to investigate the possibility of truancy pursuant to O.C.G.A. §§ 20-2-698 and20-2-699; the juvenile's actions in running away despite the officer's command to stop gave the officer further reasonable suspicion that the juvenile was involved in illegal activity. In re E.C., 292 Ga. App. 798, 665 S.E.2d 896 (2008).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 1027, 1028.   ALR.    - Regulations forbidding pupils to leave school grounds during school hours, 32 A.L.R. 1342; 48 A.L.R. 659.
GA Code § 20-2-699 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 1 - School Attendance|Subpart 2 - Compulsory Attendance|§ 20-2-699. Disposition of Children Taken Into Custody

 Any person assuming temporary custody of a child pursuant to Code Section 20-2-698 shall immediately deliver the child either to the parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of the child or to the school from which the child is absent, or if the child is found to have been adjudged a delinquent child or a child in need of services, the person shall cause the child to be brought before the juvenile probation officer or community supervision officer of the county having jurisdiction over such child.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 768, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 20; Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 4-36/HB 242; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-51/HB 310.)    The 2015 amendment,  effective July 1, 2015, substituted "before the juvenile probation officer or community supervision officer of the county" for "before the probation officer of the county" near the end of this Code section. See Editor's note for applicability.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 5-1/HB 242, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2014, and shall apply to all offenses which occur and juvenile proceedings commenced on and after such date. Any offense occurring before January 1, 2014, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such offense and shall be considered a prior adjudication for the purpose of imposing a disposition that provides for a different penalty for subsequent adjudications, of whatever class, pursuant to this Act. The enactment of this Act shall not affect any prosecutions for acts occurring before January 1, 2014, and shall not act as an abatement of any such prosecutions."   Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Act shall apply to sentences entered on or after July 1, 2015.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Evidence sufficient for purposes of juvenile delinquency adjudication.    - Evidence sufficiently supported a juvenile defendant's adjudication of delinquency based upon obstruction of a law enforcement officer in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-10-24(a) as the officer was in the lawful discharge of official duties when the officer asked the juvenile to stop in order to investigate the possibility of truancy pursuant to O.C.G.A. §§ 20-2-698 and20-2-699; the juvenile's actions in running away despite the officer's command to stop gave the officer further reasonable suspicion that the juvenile was involved in illegal activity. In re E.C., 292 Ga. App. 798, 665 S.E.2d 896 (2008).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 1017, 1027, 1028.
GA Code § 20-2-700 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 1 - School Attendance|Subpart 2 - Compulsory Attendance|§ 20-2-700. Reports by Peace Officers to School Authorities and Parent or Guardian

 Any person taking action pursuant to Code Section 20-2-699 shall report the matter and the disposition made by him of the child to the school authorities of the county, independent or area school system, and to the child's parent or guardian.   (Ga. L. 1976, p. 768, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 1027, 1028.
GA Code § 20-2-702 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 1 - School Attendance|Subpart 2 - Compulsory Attendance|§ 20-2-702. Governor May Proclaim Subpart Suspended

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 317, § 1/HB 26, effective July 1, 2005.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 20(2)/HB 323, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, repealed the reservation of this Code section.
GA Code § 20-2-703 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 1 - School Attendance|Subpart 2 - Compulsory Attendance|§ 20-2-703. Subpart Is Inapplicable Where Operation of Public Schools Is Discontinued

 Repealed by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1266, § 8, effective April 3, 1984.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 20(3)/HB 323, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, repealed the reservation of this Code section.
GA Code § 20-2-705 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 1 - School Attendance|Subpart 2A - Clubs and Organizations|§ 20-2-705. Parental Consent for Participation in School Clubs and Organizations

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Clubs and organizations" means clubs and organizations comprised of students who wish to organize and meet for common goals, objectives, or purposes and which is directly under the sponsorship, direction, and control of the school. This term shall include any activities reasonably related to such clubs and organizations, but shall not include competitive interscholastic activities or events.   "Competitive interscholastic activity" means functions held under the auspices or sponsorship of a school that involves its students in competition between individuals or groups representing two or more schools. This term shall include cheerleading, band, and chorus.     Each local board of education shall include in the student code of conduct distributed annually at the beginning of each school year pursuant to Code Section 20-2-736 information regarding school clubs and organizations. Such information shall include without limitation the name of the club or organization, mission or purpose of the club or organization, name of the club's or organization's faculty advisor, and a description of past or planned activities. On the form included in the student code of conduct, as required in Code Section 20-2-751.5, the local board of education shall provide an area for a parent or legal guardian to decline permission for his or her student to participate in a club or organization designated by him or her.   For clubs or organizations started during the school year, the local board of education shall require written permission from a parent or guardian prior to a student's participation.     (Code 1981, §20-2-705, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 851, § 4/SB 413.)   Law reviews.   - For article on 2006 enactment of this Code section, see 23 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 129 (2006).
GA Code § 20-2-720 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 1 - School Attendance|Subpart 3 - Records|§ 20-2-720. Inspection of Students' Records by Parents

 No local school system, whether county, independent, or area, shall have a policy of denying, or which effectively prevents, the parents of students who are in attendance at or who have been enrolled in any facility within such system the right to inspect and review the education records of their child. A parent shall be entitled to inspect and review only information relating to his or her own child and if any material or document in a child's record includes information on another student, such information regarding any other student shall not be made available for inspection or review except to the parents of that student. Both parents of a child shall be entitled to inspect and review the education records of their child or to be provided information concerning their child's progress. Information concerning a child's education record shall not be withheld from the noncustodial parent unless a court order has specifically removed the right of the noncustodial parent to such information or unless parental rights have been terminated. For purposes of this Code section, "education records" shall include attendance reports and records.    (Code 1981, §20-2-720, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 531, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 107, § 11C.)   Editor's notes.   - The former subpart, consisting of Code Section 20-2-720, was based on Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, §§ 89, 166; Code 1933, §§ 32-914, 32-1020; Ga. L. 1969, p. 838, §§ 1, 2, and was repealed by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1657, § 2, effective July 1, 1986.   Administrative Rules and Regulations.   - Procedural safeguards/parent rights, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Education, Special Education, Sec. 160-4-7-.09.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   No private cause of action created.    - A private cause of action in favor of a parent denied access to a child's education records did not exist, and even if the right did, damages could not be used as an enforcement mechanism. Chisolm v. Tippens, 289 Ga. App. 757, 658 S.E.2d 147 (2008), cert. denied, 129 S. Ct. 576, 172 L. Ed. 2d 431 (2008).
GA Code § 20-2-730 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 1 - Corporal Punishment|§ 20-2-730. Policies and Regulations on Use of Corporal Punishment

 All area, county, and independent boards of education shall be authorized to determine and adopt policies and regulations relating to the use of corporal punishment by school principals and teachers employed by such boards.   (Ga. L. 1964, p. 673, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Cruelty to children, T. 16, C. 5, A. 5.    Reporting of child abuse, § 19-7-5.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Pennsylvania Millers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Crews, 184 Ga. App. 492, 361 S.E.2d 657 (1987); Mathis v. Berrien County School Dist., 190 Ga. App. 255, 378 S.E.2d 505 (1989).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 314 et seq., 321.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 1089, 1090.   ALR.    - Personal liability of school authorities for dismissal or suspension of pupil, 42 A.L.R. 763.   Teacher's civil liability for administering corporal punishment to pupil, 43 A.L.R.2d 469.   Criminal liability for excessive or improper punishment inflicted on child by parent, teacher, or one in loco parentis, 89 A.L.R.2d 396.   Right to discipline pupil for conduct away from school grounds or not immediately connected with school activities, 53 A.L.R.3d 1124.
GA Code § 20-2-731 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 1 - Corporal Punishment|§ 20-2-731. When and How Corporal Punishment May Be Administered

 An area, county, or independent board of education may, upon the adoption of written policies, authorize any principal or teacher employed by the board to administer, in the exercise of his sound discretion, corporal punishment on any pupil or pupils placed under his supervision in order to maintain proper control and discipline. Any such authorization shall be subject to the following requirements:    The corporal punishment shall not be excessive or unduly severe;   Corporal punishment shall never be used as a first line of punishment for misbehavior unless the pupil was informed beforehand that specific misbehavior could occasion its use; provided, however, that corporal punishment may be employed as a first line of punishment for those acts of misconduct which are so antisocial or disruptive in nature as to shock the conscience;   Corporal punishment must be administered in the presence of a principal or assistant principal, or the designee of the principal or assistant principal, employed by the board of education authorizing such punishment, and the other principal or assistant principal, or the designee of the principal or assistant principal, must be informed beforehand and in the presence of the pupil of the reason for the punishment;   The principal or teacher who administered corporal punishment must provide the child's parent, upon request, a written explanation of the reasons for the punishment and the name of the principal or assistant principal, or designee of the principal or assistant principal, who was present; provided, however, that such an explanation shall not be used as evidence in any subsequent civil action brought as a result of the corporal punishment; and   Corporal punishment shall not be administered to a child whose parents or legal guardian has upon the day of enrollment of the pupil filed with the principal of the school a statement from a medical doctor licensed in Georgia stating that it is detrimental to the child's mental or emotional stability.    (Ga. L. 1964, p. 673, § 2; Ga. L. 1977, p. 1290, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 314 et seq., 321.   Public School Liability: Constitutional Tort Claims for Excessive Punishment and Failure to Supervise Students, 48 Am. Jur. Trials 587.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 1089, 1090.   ALR.    - Personal liability of school authorities for dismissal or suspension of pupil, 42 A.L.R. 763.   Teacher's civil liability for administering corporal punishment to pupil, 43 A.L.R.2d 469.   Criminal liability for excessive or improper punishment inflicted on child by parent, teacher, or one in loco parentis, 89 A.L.R.2d 396.
GA Code § 20-2-732 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 1 - Corporal Punishment|§ 20-2-732. When Principal or Teacher Not Liable for Administering Corporal Punishment

 No principal or teacher who shall administer corporal punishment to a pupil or pupils under his care and supervision in conformity with the policies and regulations of the area, county, or independent board of education employing him and in accordance also with this subpart shall be held accountable or liable in any criminal or civil action based upon the administering of corporal punishment where the corporal punishment is administered in good faith and is not excessive or unduly severe.   (Ga. L. 1964, p. 673, § 3.)   Cross references.   - Purchase of liability insurance for school officials and employees, § 20-2-990 et seq.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Immunity applied    - When the student, the plaintiff mother's son, repeatedly disobeyed the defendant teacher's command to be seated, and the student first touched the teacher by forcing the teacher's hand from a doorframe, if the teacher's actions constituted corporal punishment rather than self defense, some corporal punishment was justified, and the fact that the teacher previously made derogatory comments to the student or otherwise harbored ill will toward the student was not enough to evidence either actual malice or an intent to injure; thus, immunity under O.C.G.A. § 20-2-732 applied to the state law claims against the teacher. Peterson v. Baker, 504 F.3d 1331 (11th Cir. 2007).    Cited in Maddox v. Boutwell, 176 Ga. App. 492, 336 S.E.2d 599 (1985).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 6 Am. Jur. 2d, Assault and Battery, §§ 31, 97.   Public School Liability: Constitutional Tort Claims for Excessive Punishment and Failure to Supervise Students, 48 Am. Jur. Trials 587.   C.J.S.   - 7 C.J.S., Assault and Battery, § 29.   ALR.    - Right to discipline pupil for conduct away from school grounds, 41 A.L.R. 1312.    Personal liability of school authorities for dismissal or suspension of pupil, 42 A.L.R. 763.   Teacher's civil liability for administering corporal punishment to pupil, 43 A.L.R.2d 469.   Criminal liability for excessive or improper punishment inflicted on child by parent, teacher, or one in loco parentis, 89 A.L.R.2d 396.
GA Code § 20-2-736 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 1A - Improved Student Learning Environment and Discipline|§ 20-2-736. Student Codes of Conduct; Distribution; Disciplinary Action for Violations; Parental Involvement

  At the beginning of each school year, local boards of education shall provide for the distribution of student codes of conduct developed pursuant to Code Section 20-2-735 to each student upon enrollment. Local boards of education shall provide for the distribution of such student codes of conduct to the parents or guardians of each student through such means as may best accomplish such distribution at the local level and are appropriate in light of the grade level of the student, including distribution of student codes of conduct to students and parents or guardians jointly. Local boards of education shall solicit or require the signatures or confirmation of receipt of students and parents or guardians in acknowledgment of the receipt of such student codes of conduct. A signature or confirmation of receipt may be obtained in writing, via electronic mail or facsimile, or by any other electronic or other means as designated by the local board. A parent or legal guardian that does not acknowledge receipt of the student code of conduct shall not be absolved of any responsibility with respect to the information contained in the student code of conduct. In addition, student codes of conduct shall be available in each school and classroom.   Local boards of education shall provide for disciplinary action against students who violate student codes of conduct.   Local boards of education shall provide opportunities for parental involvement in developing and updating student codes of conduct.     (Code 1981, §20-2-736, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 438, § 4; Ga. L. 2006, p. 851, § 6/SB 413.)   Law reviews.   - For article on 2006 amendment of this Code section, see 23 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 129 (2006).