Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 160 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 160-4 › Subject 160-4-8 - STUDENT SUPPORT › Rule 160-4-8-.15 - Student Discipline

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
DEFINITIONS.
(a)
Behavior Support Process -
a
				student support process for identifying and addressing the behavioral needs
				through providing integrated resources that promote behavioral
				change.
(b)
Disciplinary
				Order -
any public or private school or school system order that imposes
				short-term suspension, long-term suspension, or expulsion upon a student in
				such school or system.
(c)
Discipline Policies -
outlines consequences and punishments that
				will occur in the response to specify unacceptable behaviors.
(d)
Multi-tiered system of supports or
				MTSS
- 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.
(e)
Public
				preschool through third grade
- 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.
(f)
Progressive Discipline -
the levels of consequences assigned to
				students who violate codes of conduct based on severity of misbehavior,
				students discipline history, and other relevant factors.
(g)
Response to intervention or
				RTI-
a framework of identifying and addressing the academic and
				behavioral needs of students through a tiered system.
(h)
Tribunal Training Course
- a
				course of at least five (5) hours duration which
1. includes instruction on:
(i) all student disciplinary provisions in
				Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
(ii) due process requirements under federal
				and state law,
(iii) applicable
				rules of evidence,
(iv) leading
				federal and state judicial and administrative decisions, and
(v) applicable ethical standards and the role
				of the hearing officer and panel member as an independent, neutral arbiter;
				and
2. follows a training
				course outline that is annually approved by the Local Board of
				Education.
(i)
Tribunal Training Provider
- one who has expertise and/or
				knowledge of:
1. all student disciplinary
				provisions in Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
2. due process requirements under federal and
				state law,
3. applicable rules of
				evidence,
4. leading federal and
				state judicial and administrative decisions, and
5. applicable ethical standards and the role
				of the hearing officer and panel member as an independent, neutral
				arbiter.
(j)
Qualified Student Discipline Hearing Officer or Disciplinary Tribunal or
				Panel Member
- an individual selected by the local school system who is:
1. in good standing with the State Bar of
				Georgia, or
2. has experience as a
				teacher, counselor, or administrator in a public school system, or
3. is actively serving as a hearing officer
				under an existing contract/agreement with a Georgia school system provided that
				such individual completes the tribunal training course within 6 months of July
				1, 2016.
(k)
Weapon
- includes dangerous weapons, firearms, and hazardous
				objects as defined in Code Section
				20-2-751.