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GA Code § 20-2-737 (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|§ 20-2-737. Reports by Teacher of Violations of Student Code of Conduct; Notification to Parents of Support Services or Disciplinary Action

  Local board policies adopted pursuant to Code Section 20-2-735 shall require the filing of a report by a teacher who has knowledge that a student has exhibited behavior that repeatedly or substantially interferes with the teacher's ability to communicate effectively with the students in his or her class or with the ability of such student's classmates to learn, where such behavior is in violation of the student code of conduct. Such report shall be filed with the principal or the principal's designee within one school day of the most recent occurrence of such behavior, shall not exceed one page, and shall describe the behavior. The principal or the principal's designee shall, within one school day after receiving such a report from a teacher, send to the student's parents or guardian a copy of the report and information regarding how the student's parents or guardians may contact the principal or the principal's designee.   If student support services are utilized or if disciplinary action is taken in response to such a report by the principal or the principal's designee, the principal or the principal's designee shall send written notification to the teacher and the student's parents or guardians of the student support services being utilized or the disciplinary action taken within one school day after such utilization or action and shall make a reasonable attempt to confirm that such written notification has been received by the student's parents or guardians. Such written notification shall include information regarding how the student's parents or guardians may contact the principal or the principal's designee.     (Code 1981, §20-2-737, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 438, § 4.)
GA Code § 20-2-739 (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|§ 20-2-739. Conflict Management and Resolution; Cultural Diversity Training Programs

 On and after July 1, 2000, the Department of Education shall provide training programs in conflict management and resolution and in cultural diversity for voluntary implementation by local boards of education for school employees, parents and guardians, and students.    (Code 1981, §20-2-739, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 438, § 4.)
GA Code § 20-2-741 (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|§ 20-2-741. Positive Behavorial Interventions and Supports and Response to Intervention

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "High needs school" means a public school which has received a school climate rating of "1-star" or "2-star" pursuant to Code Section 20-14-33.   "Positive behavioral interventions and supports" or "PBIS" means an evidence based data-driven framework to reduce disciplinary incidents, increase a school's sense of safety, and support improved academic outcomes through a multitiered approach, using disciplinary data and principles of behavior analysis to develop school-wide, targeted, and individualized interventions and supports.   "Response to intervention" or "RTI" means a framework of identifying and addressing the academic and behavioral needs of students through a tiered system.     Local boards of education are encouraged to implement PBIS and RTI programs and initiatives in their schools, and particularly in high needs schools.   The State Board of Education is authorized, subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, to provide funds to local school systems to support PBIS and RTI programs, initiatives, and personnel.   The State Board of Education is authorized to establish rules and regulations for PBIS and RTI programs and initiatives which receive funding pursuant to this Code section.     (Code 1981, §20-2-741, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 1070, § 1/SB 164.)   Editor's notes.   - This Code section formerly pertained to the requirement of local boards of education to send copies of policies to the Department of Education and the effect on Individualized Education Programs. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1999, p. 438, § 4 and was repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 34/HB 706, effective July 1, 2012.   Law reviews.   - For article, "Disparate Impact in Big Data Policing," see 52 Ga. L. Rev. 109 (2017).
GA Code § 20-2-742 (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|§ 20-2-742. Multi-Tiered System of Supports Prior to Suspension or Expulsion for Certain Students

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Multi-tiered system of supports" or "MTSS" means a systemic, continuous-improvement framework in which data based problem solving and decision making is practiced across all levels of the educational system for supporting students at multiple levels of intervention.   "Public preschool through third grade" means a public preschool, a Pre-K program in a public school administered pursuant to Code Section 20-1A-4, and kindergarten through third grade in a public school.   "Response to intervention" or "RTI" means a framework of identifying and addressing the academic and behavioral needs of students through a tiered system.   "Weapon" shall include dangerous weapons, firearms, and hazardous objects as defined in Code Section 20-2-751.     No student in public preschool through third grade shall be expelled or suspended from school for more than five consecutive or cumulative days during a school year without first receiving a multi-tiered system of supports, such as response to intervention, unless such student possessed a weapon, illegal drugs, or other dangerous instrument or such student's behavior endangers the physical safety of other students or school personnel. If such student is receiving or has received a multi-tiered system of supports, the school shall be deemed to have met the requirements of this Code section. The school or program shall comply with all federal laws and requirements regarding obtaining parental consent during any advanced tier within the system of supports prior to certain screenings or evaluations.   In addition to the requirements in subsection (b) of this Code section, prior to assigning any student in preschool through third grade to out-of-school suspension for more than five consecutive or cumulative days during a school year, if such student has an Individualized Education Program (IEP) pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or a plan under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the school or program shall also convene an IEP or Section 504 meeting to review appropriate supports being provided as part of such Individualized Education Program or Section 504 plan.     (Code 1981, §20-2-742, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 752, § 1/HB 740; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 20/SB 52.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 314 et seq., 321.
GA Code § 20-2-750 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 2 - Public School Disciplinary Tribunals|§ 20-2-750. Short Title

 This subpart shall be known and may be cited as the "Public School Disciplinary Tribunal Act."   (Ga. L. 1979, p. 663, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-2-751 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 2 - Public School Disciplinary Tribunals|§ 20-2-751. Definitions

 As used in this subpart, the term:    "Dangerous weapon" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-11-121.   "Expulsion" means expulsion of a student from a public school beyond the current school quarter or semester.   "Firearm" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-11-127.1.   "Hazardous object" means any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, any other knife having a blade of two or more inches, straight-edge razor, razor blade, spring stick, knuckles, whether made from metal, thermoplastic, wood, or other similar material, blackjack, any bat, club, or other bludgeon-type weapon, or any flailing instrument consisting of two or more rigid parts connected in such a manner as to allow them to swing freely, which may be known as a nun chahka, nun chuck, nunchaku, shuriken, or fighting chain, or any disc, of whatever configuration, having at least two points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart, or any instrument of like kind, any nonlethal air gun, and any stun gun or taser as defined in subsection (a) of Code Section 16-11-106. Such term shall not include any of these instruments used for classroom work authorized by the teacher.   "Long-term suspension" means the suspension of a student from a public school for more than ten school days but not beyond the current school quarter or semester.   "Short-term suspension" means the suspension of a student from a public school for not more than ten school days.    (Ga. L. 1979, p. 663, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1072, § 3; Ga. L. 2014, p. 432, § 1-3/HB 826.)    The 2014 amendment,  effective July 1, 2014, added paragraph (1); redesignated former paragraph (1) as present paragraph (2); added paragraphs (3) and (4); redesignated former paragraphs (2) and (3) as present paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and deleted former paragraph (4), which read: "'Weapon' means a firearm as such term is defined in Section 921 of Title 18 of the United States Code."
GA Code § 20-2-751.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 2 - Public School Disciplinary Tribunals|§ 20-2-751.1. Expulsion and Disciplinary Policy for Students Bringing Weapons to School

  Each local board of education shall establish a policy, pursuant to this subpart, regarding a student's possession of a firearm, dangerous weapon, or hazardous object at school. With respect to a student who is determined to have possessed a firearm or dangerous weapon at school, such policy shall require expulsion from school for a period of not less than one calendar year; provided, however, that a hearing officer, tribunal, panel, administrator, superintendent, or local board of education shall have the authority to modify such expulsion requirement on a case-by-case basis.   A hearing officer, tribunal, panel, superintendent, or local board of education shall be authorized to place a student determined to have brought a firearm, dangerous weapon, or hazardous object to school in an alternative educational setting.   Nothing in this Code section shall infringe on any right provided to students with Individualized Education Programs pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.     (Code 1981, §20-2-751.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 1072, § 4; Ga. L. 2014, p. 432, § 1-4/HB 826.)    The 2014 amendment,  effective July 1, 2014, substituted the present provisions of subsection (a) for the former provisions, which read: "Each local board of education shall establish a policy requiring the expulsion from school for a period of not less than one calendar year of any student who is determined, pursuant to this subpart, to have brought a weapon to school."; deleted former subsection (b), which read: "The local board of education shall have the authority to modify such expulsion requirement as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section on a case-by-case basis."; redesignated former subsections (c) and (d) as present subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and, in present subsection (b), near the end, inserted "firearm, dangerous" and inserted ", or hazardous object".   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - School's violation of parents' substantive due process rights due to their child's suspension or expulsion, 91 A.L.R.6th 365.
GA Code § 20-2-751.3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 2 - Public School Disciplinary Tribunals|§ 20-2-751.3. Student Code of Conduct; Policy Towards Disruptive Students

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1999, p. 438, § 5, effective July 1, 1999.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1981, § 20-2-751.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1436, § 5.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - School's violation of parents' substantive due process rights due to their child's suspension or expulsion, 91 A.L.R.6th 365.
GA Code § 20-2-752 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 2 - Public School Disciplinary Tribunals|§ 20-2-752. Establishment of Disciplinary Hearing Officers, Panels, or Tribunals for Imposition of Suspension or Expulsion; Rules and Regulations; Appeals

 Local boards of education may establish by policy, rule, or regulation disciplinary hearing officers, panels, or tribunals of school officials to impose suspension or expulsion. If such hearing officers, panels, or tribunals are established, such rules and regulations must include the following:    Provisions governing the manner of selecting the hearing officers or members of the panels or tribunals and the number of members thereof;   Provisions governing procedures to be followed by such hearing officers, panels, or tribunals in fact-finding, hearings, and reporting recommendations to the local board;   Provisions granting a right to appeal to the local board when the punishment imposed by hearing officers, panels, or tribunals is long-term suspension or expulsion; and   Provisions whereby the local school superintendent may suspend enforcement of the suspension or expulsion ordered by the hearing officers, panels, or tribunals pending the outcome of any appeal to the local board.    (Ga. L. 1979, p. 663, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 323 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 1091 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-753 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 2 - Public School Disciplinary Tribunals|§ 20-2-753. Disciplinary Hearing Officer, Panel, or Tribunal to Hold Disciplinary Hearing Following Allegation of Assault and Battery or Recommended Suspension or Expulsion Exceeding 10 Days

  In addition to any proceedings which are authorized in Code Section 20-2-752, local boards of education shall appoint a disciplinary hearing officer, panel, or tribunal of school officials to hold a disciplinary hearing following any instance of an alleged violation of the student code of conduct where the principal recommends a suspension or expulsion of longer than ten school days or an alleged assault or battery by a student upon any teacher or other school official or employee, if such teacher or other school official or employee so requests.   Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to infringe on any right provided to students with Individualized Education Programs pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.     (Code 1981, §20-2-753, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 908, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 20; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 20; Ga. L. 2004, p. 107, § 16.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - School's violation of student's substantive due process rights by suspending or expelling student, 90 A.L.R.6th 235.   School's violation of parents' substantive due process rights due to their child's suspension or expulsion, 91 A.L.R.6th 365.
GA Code § 20-2-755 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 2 - Public School Disciplinary Tribunals|§ 20-2-755. Authorization of Disciplinary Officer, Panel, or Tribunal to Determine Disciplinary Action

 The disciplinary officer, panel, or tribunal of school officials, when appointed as required in Code Section 20-2-753, shall determine what, if any, disciplinary action shall be taken. Such action may include, but is not limited to, expulsion, long-term suspension, or short-term suspension. Any action taken by such officer, panel, or tribunal shall be subject to modification by the local school board on appeal.    (Code 1981, §20-2-755, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 908, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-2-756 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 2 - Public School Disciplinary Tribunals|§ 20-2-756. Reports to Law Enforcement Officials

  The school administration, disciplinary hearing officer, panel, tribunal of school officials, or the local board of education may, when any alleged criminal action by a student occurs, report the incident to the appropriate law enforcement agency or officer for investigation to determine if criminal charges or delinquent proceedings should be initiated.   No individual reporting any incident under this subpart to a law enforcement agency or officer shall be subject to any action for malicious prosecution, malicious abuse of process, or malicious use of process.     (Code 1981, §20-2-756, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 908, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1436, § 7.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1997, p. 1436, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall be known and may be cited as the "School Safety Act."   Law reviews.   - For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 155 (1997).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Exercise of discretion in reporting criminal action by student.    - Because the school officials exercised their discretion under the law to report alleged criminal action against a school resource officer by the student, there was no evidence that school officials were involved in the decision to admit the student into the youth detention center, and the student was allowed to return to school upon the student's release from the youth detention center, the disciplinary hearing was not untimely as there was evidence that the student had not been suspended before the hearing and thus, the superior court erred in reversing the State Board of Education's decision and remanding the case to the state board with direction to vacate the adjudication of expulsion entered against the student. Fulton County Bd. of Educ. v. D. R. H., 325 Ga. App. 53, 752 S.E.2d 103 (2013).
GA Code § 20-2-757 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 2 - Public School Disciplinary Tribunals|§ 20-2-757. Applicability of Public Inspection and Open Meeting Laws

  All proceedings and hearings conducted under this subpart shall be confidential and shall not be subject to the open meetings requirement of Code Section 50-14-1 or other open meetings laws.   All electronic or other written records of all hearings conducted under this subpart; all statements of charges; all notices of hearings; and all written decisions rendered by a hearing officer, tribunal, the local board of education, or the State Board of Education shall not be subject to public inspection or other disclosure under Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 or other public disclosure laws; provided, however, the board of education shall prepare a written summary of any proceeding conducted under this subpart, which summary shall include a description of the incident and the disposition thereof but shall not contain the names of any party to the incident. The summary shall be a public record.     (Code 1981, §20-2-757, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 908, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 20; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 20; Ga. L. 1989, p. 836, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-2-758 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 2 - Public School Disciplinary Tribunals|§ 20-2-758. Legal Actions Not Prohibited, Restricted, or Limited by Disciplinary Hearing; Rights to Appeal From Decision of School Board

 Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to prohibit, restrict, or limit in any manner any cause of action otherwise provided by law and available to any teacher, school official, employee, or student. The provisions of subsections (b) through (f) of Code Section 20-2-1160 shall apply to all proceedings under this subpart.    (Code 1981, §20-2-758, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 908, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-2-759 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 2 - Public School Disciplinary Tribunals|§ 20-2-759. Minimum Qualifications for Hearing Officers, Disciplinary Hearing Officers, Tribunals, and Panels

 The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations to require minimum qualifications for hearing officers, disciplinary hearing officers, tribunals, and panels that are tasked with hearing matters in this subpart. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure that such individuals have initial training prior to serving as a hearing officer or disciplinary hearing officer or on a tribunal or panel, undergo continuing education so as to continue to serve in such capacity, and function as independent, neutral arbiters.    (Code 1981, §20-2-759, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 3-1/SB 367.)    The 2016 amendment,  effective July 1, 2016, substituted the present provisions for the former provisions, which read: "Reserved."   Editor's notes.   - Former Code Section20-2-759, relating to children in kindergarten through grade five, was repealed by Ga. L. 2004, p. 107, § 18, effective May 4, 2004. The former Code section was based on Code 1981, § 20-2-759, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1079, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 20; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1436, § 8; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1421, § 3.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 139 (2016).
GA Code § 20-2-764 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 16 - Students|Part 2 - Discipline|Subpart 3 - Chronic Disciplinary Problem Students|§ 20-2-764. Definitions

 As used in this subpart, the term:    "Chronic disciplinary problem student" means a student who exhibits a pattern of behavioral characteristics which interfere with the learning process of students around him or her and which are likely to recur.   "Expulsion" means expulsion of a student from a public school beyond the current school quarter or semester.   "Suspension" means the short-term suspension of a student from a public school for not more than ten days or long-term suspension for more than ten days pursuant to Code Section 20-2-751.     (Code 1981, §20-2-764, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 240, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 20.)