EDUCATION Education Flexibility and Accountability: Change Provisions Relating to School Councils; Change Provisions Relating to the Powers and Duties of Local Boards of Education; Allow the State Board of Education to Prescribe the Manner and Grade Level for Certain Required Courses in History and Government; Authorize Alternative Methods for Certain Transfer Students; Change Certain Provisions Regarding Early Intervention Programs; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Maximum Class Size for the 2004-2005 School Year; Change Provisions Relating to Charter Schools; Revise Certain Provisions Relating to Drivers' Licenses; Change Penalties for Failure to Comply with Compulsory Attendance Requirements; Provide for Student Attendance Protocols; Require School Principles to Support the Authority of Teachers to Remove Certain Students from a Classroom; Provide that Local School Board Policies Require Local School Superintendents to Support the Authority of Principles and Teachers to Remove Certain Students from a Classroom; Revise Certain Provisions Relating to Disciplinary Hearings by a Disciplinary Hearing Officer, Panel, or Tribunal; Provide for Changes in Accountability Assessment; and for Other Purposes

Authors

Georgia State University Law Review

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

HB 1190 amends Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. The Bill, among other things, changes certain responsibilities of local boards of education and school officials, addresses budgetary concerns, provides for curriculum and testing procedures, improves disciplinary practices in schools, and changes the consequences for failure to comply with compulsory attendance requirements. Additionally, the bill changes certain portions of Title 39 regarding employment of minors and Title 40 relating to driver's license requirements for minors.

Recommended Citation

Georgia State University Law Review, EDUCATION Education Flexibility and Accountability: Change Provisions Relating to School Councils; Change Provisions Relating to the Powers and Duties of Local Boards of Education; Allow the State Board of Education to Prescribe the Manner and Grade Level for Certain Required Courses in History and Government; Authorize Alternative Methods for Certain Transfer Students; Change Certain Provisions Regarding Early Intervention Programs; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Maximum Class Size for the 2004-2005 School Year; Change Provisions Relating to Charter Schools; Revise Certain Provisions Relating to Drivers' Licenses; Change Penalties for Failure to Comply with Compulsory Attendance Requirements; Provide for Student Attendance Protocols; Require School Principles to Support the Authority of Teachers to Remove Certain Students from a Classroom; Provide that Local School Board Policies Require Local School Superintendents to Support the Authority of Principles and Teachers to Remove Certain Students from a Classroom; Revise Certain Provisions Relating to Disciplinary Hearings by a Disciplinary Hearing Officer, Panel, or Tribunal; Provide for Changes in Accountability Assessment; and for Other Purposes, 21 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2012).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol21/iss1/16