GA HB668 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-09 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to discipline of students in elementary and secondary education, so as to authorize a local board of education to reassign a bullying student to another school to separate the student from his or her victim; to provide for immediate notification of law enforcement officials when a student commits an alleged physical assault or battery on another student or on a teacher, school administrator, or other school personnel; to authorize a hearing officer, tribunal, panel, superintendent, or local board of education to reassign a student who has committed certain acts to another school to separate the student from his or her victim; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Title

Elementary and secondary education; local board reassign bullying student; authorize

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2009-03-09 House Second Readers
2009-03-05 House First Readers

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Bill Comments

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