Bill Text: GA SB55 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Georgia Student Extracurricular Partnership Act; allow public school students living in attendance zone participate in extracurricular activities
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-09 - Senate Read and Referred [SB55 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB55-Introduced.html
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Senate
Bill 55
By:
Senators Unterman of the 45th, Shafer of the 48th, Rogers of the 21st and
Balfour of the 9th
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 "Georgia Student Extracurricular
Partnership Act"; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for
definitions; to require a public school to allow any public school student in
grades kindergarten through 12 living in the attendance zone of the public
school to participate in extracurricular activities at such school; to provide
for academic requirements; to provide that such student be subject to all
nonacademic rules, regulations, and codes of conduct as would apply to other
students; 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 "Georgia Student Extracurricular
Partnership 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)
'Nonenrolled public school student' means a public school student in grades
kindergarten through 12 who resides within the attendance zone of a school but
who is not enrolled in such school.
(2)
'Public school' means, without limitation, a traditional public school, a local
charter school, as defined in paragraph (7) of Code Section 20-2-2062, a state
chartered special school, as defined in paragraph (16) of Code Section
20-2-2062, and a commission charter school, as defined in paragraph (2) of Code
Section 20-2-2081.
(b)
A public school may allow any nonenrolled public school student 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. A
nonenrolled public 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 in accordance with local board policies, or in
accordance with State Board of Education or Georgia Charter Schools Commission
policies, for a state chartered special school or a commission charter school,
respectively.
(c)
In order to be eligible to participate in an extracurricular activity pursuant
to this Code section, a nonenrolled public school student shall maintain at his
or her school of attendance compliance with all academic and nonacademic rules
and requirements governing participation in such extracurricular activity at the
public school.
(d)
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.