Bill Text: GA HB1103 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Education; Professional Standards Commission; criminal background checks; provisions

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-29 - House Agree Senate Amend or Sub [HB1103 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB1103-Amended.html

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10 AM 33 0955

ADOPTED
Senators Sims of the 12th and Jones of the 10th offered the following amendment:

Amend HB 1103 (LC 33 3502S) by inserting after "so as" on line 2 the following:

to revise certain provisions relating to safety in schools;

By inserting after "Act";" on line 7 the following:

to provide for reporting by local boards of education regarding expulsion and disciplinary actions for students bringing weapons to school;

By inserting between lines 224 and 225 the following:

SECTION 7A.

Said chapter is further amended by revising Code Section 20-2-751.1, relating to expulsion and disciplinary policy for students bringing weapons to school, as follows:

"20-2-751.1.

(a) Each local board of education shall establish a policy requiring the expulsion from school for a period of not less than one calendar year of any student who is determined, pursuant to this subpart, to have brought a weapon to school.

(b) The local board of education shall have the authority to modify such expulsion requirement as provided in subsection (a) of this Code section on a case-by-case basis.

(c) A hearing officer, tribunal, panel, superintendent, or local board of education shall be authorized to place a student determined to have brought a weapon to school in an alternative educational setting.

(d) Each local board of education shall file an annual report, by August 1 of each year, with the Department of Education regarding disciplinary and placement actions taken during the prior school year regarding any student determined to have brought a weapon to school. Such report shall include the following information: the number of students subject to disciplinary or placement action; the age and grade level of such students; such students' race and gender; such students' special education status, if applicable; the type of weapon involved; the type of discipline administered; and the type of placement given to the student, if any. The data required by this subsection shall be reported separately for each school within the local school system. The data required by this subsection may be included in the annual report required by Code Section 20-2-740. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to authorize the public release of personally identifiable information regarding students or school personnel.

(d)(e) Nothing in this Code section shall infringe on any right provided to students with Individualized Education Programs pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or the federal Americans with Disabilities Act."