EDUCATION School Safety Act: Require Superior Courts to Notify Local School System When a Juvenile or Student Over Seventeen is Convicted of a Felony or Criminal Offense; Provide for Student Code of Conduct for the Local School Systems; Provide for Reporting Alleged Criminal Action by Student; Authorize Statewide Suspension or Expulsion of Students Convicted of a Felony; Provide for Alternative Placement of Such Students

Authors

Usha RamachandranFollow

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act requires superior courts in the state to give notice to the local school system when a student who is seventeen or older commits a felony. The superior court is also charged with providing written notice to the local school system if a juvenile commits a criminal offense that is in the exclusive jurisdiction of the superior court. The Act also provides that teachers of students who commit criminal offenses be informed, and the administrator of the school is charged with reporting any criminal act by the student. The Act authorizes a statewide expulsion or suspension of the student if the student has committed a felony. The Act provides for alternative placement of such students. The Act does not hold educators criminally liable for an act or omission pertaining to the reporting of offenses.

Recommended Citation

Usha Ramachandran, EDUCATION School Safety Act: Require Superior Courts to Notify Local School System When a Juvenile or Student Over Seventeen is Convicted of a Felony or Criminal Offense; Provide for Student Code of Conduct for the Local School Systems; Provide for Reporting Alleged Criminal Action by Student; Authorize Statewide Suspension or Expulsion of Students Convicted of a Felony; Provide for Alternative Placement of Such Students, 14 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (1997).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol14/iss1/35