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GA HB763
Bill
Status
Passed
5/8/2018
Primary Sponsor
Randy Nix
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AI Summary
- Expands county student attendance protocol committees to also address "school climate," adding a mandate to review and recommend policies that promote student achievement, morale, and attendance while decreasing suspensions, expulsions, and dropouts
- Requires local boards of education to publicly post their decisions regarding committee recommendations and report aggregated student discipline data (in addition to attendance rates) to the committee and State Board of Education at the end of each school year
- Requires public school safety plans to coordinate with local law enforcement and juvenile court systems and to include minimum strategy areas covering staff training on violence prevention and threat assessment, security evaluations, emergency preparedness exercises, public safety partnerships, and crisis communications plans
- Broadens state funding assistance for school safety to cover facilities, technology, and other safety improvements or initiatives, with the Department of Education establishing criteria based on physical security needs; public schools must match state funds unless they demonstrate substantial hardship
- Exempts school safety plans from public disclosure under Georgia's open records law, regardless of which public entity possesses them, including local school systems, law enforcement agencies, emergency management agencies, the Department of Education, or the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency
Legislative Description
Education; student attendance protocol committees to school climate; expand
Last Action
Effective Date
7/1/2018
Full Bill Text
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