Bill Text: GA SB34 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Education; authorize public school students in charter schools/virtual schools to participate in extracurricular activities at resident schools
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-26 - House Committee Favorably Reported [SB34 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB34-Comm_Sub.html
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The
House Committee on Education offers the following substitute to SB
34:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality
Basic Education Act," so as to enact the "Rachel Sackett Extracurricular Act";
to provide for legislative findings; to provide for definitions; to authorize
public schools and public charter schools to allow nonenrolled public school and
charter school students to participate in extracurricular activities at such
schools under certain conditions; to provide that such students are subject to
all academic and nonacademic rules, regulations, and codes of conduct that apply
to students enrolled in the school; to provide for rules and regulations; to
provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
This
Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Rachel Sackett Extracurricular
Act."
SECTION
2.
The
General Assembly finds that extracurricular student activities are an important
complement to the academic curriculum and that participation in extracurricular
activities contributes to the development of the social and intellectual skills
necessary for students to become well-rounded adults. Further, the General
Assembly finds that the state has an investment in every child in this state and
his or her education, regardless of where that child is being
educated.
SECTION
3.
Part
14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to other educational programs under the "Quality Basic
Education Act," is amended by adding a new Code section to read as
follows:
"20-2-319.3.
(a)
As used in this Code section, the term:
(1)
'Charter school student' means a student enrolled in a public charter school in
grades kindergarten through 12.
(2)
'Extracurricular activity' shall have the same meaning as in paragraph (5) of
Code Section 20-2-2140, but does not include cocurricular activities which
require enrollment in a corresponding class.
(3)
'Public charter school' means a start-up charter school, as defined in paragraph
(14) of Code Section 20-2-2062 and a state chartered special school, as defined
in paragraph (16) of Code Section 20-2-2062.
(4)
'Public school' means a traditional public school, a system charter school, as
defined in paragraph (17) of Code Section 20-2-2062, and a conversion charter
school, as defined in paragraph (4) of Code Section 20-2-2062, but shall not
include a public charter school.
(5)
'Public school student' means a student enrolled in a public school in grades
kindergarten through 12.
(b)
A public school may allow any charter school student residing in the attendance
zone of the public school to participate in any extracurricular activity offered
or conducted by such public school in the same manner as any student currently
enrolled at such public school so long as the public charter school that the
student is attending does not offer such extracurricular activity. A charter
school student desiring to participate in an extracurricular activity shall
register with the principal of the public school, or his or her designee, such
intent to participate in extracurricular activities of the public school in
accordance with rules and regulations established by the State Board of
Education. The final approval for such participation shall reside in the
discretion of the principal of the public school in accordance with local board
policies.
(c)
A public charter school may allow any public school student who resides in the
public school attendance zone in which the public charter school is located to
participate in any extracurricular activity offered or conducted by such public
charter school in the same manner as any student currently enrolled at such
public charter school so long as the public school that the student is attending
does not offer such extracurricular activity. A public school student desiring
to participate in an extracurricular activity shall register with the principal
of the public charter school, or his or her designee, such intent to participate
in extracurricular activities of the public charter school in accordance with
rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education. The final
approval for such participation shall reside in the discretion of the principal
of the public charter school in accordance with governing board
policies.
(d)
In order to be eligible to participate in an extracurricular activity pursuant
to this Code section, a charter school student or public school student shall
maintain at his or her school of enrollment compliance with all academic and
nonacademic rules and requirements governing participation in such
extracurricular activity at the school in which he or she is participating in
the extracurricular activity.
(e)
The State Board of Education shall establish rules and regulations to implement
the provisions of this Code
section."
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.