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O.C.G.A. § 20-2-741 — Positive behavorial interventions and supports and response to intervention | Georgia Code
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TITLE 20 EDUCATION

Section 2. Elementary and Secondary Education, 20-2-1 through 20-2-2180.

ARTICLE 16 STUDENTS

20-2-741. Positive behavorial interventions and supports and response to intervention.

  1. As used in this Code section, the term:
    1. "High needs school" means a public school which has received a school climate rating of "1-star" or "2-star" pursuant to Code Section 20-14-33.
    2. "Positive behavioral interventions and supports" or "PBIS" means an evidence based data-driven framework to reduce disciplinary incidents, increase a school's sense of safety, and support improved academic outcomes through a multitiered approach, using disciplinary data and principles of behavior analysis to develop school-wide, targeted, and individualized interventions and supports.
    3. "Response to intervention" or "RTI" means a framework of identifying and addressing the academic and behavioral needs of students through a tiered system.
  2. Local boards of education are encouraged to implement PBIS and RTI programs and initiatives in their schools, and particularly in high needs schools.
  3. The State Board of Education is authorized, subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, to provide funds to local school systems to support PBIS and RTI programs, initiatives, and personnel.
  4. The State Board of Education is authorized to establish rules and regulations for PBIS and RTI programs and initiatives which receive funding pursuant to this Code section.

(Code 1981, §20-2-741, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 1070, § 1/SB 164.)

Effective date.

- This Code section became effective July 1, 2015.

Editor's notes.

- This Code section formerly pertained to the requirement of local boards of education to send copies of policies to the Department of Education and the effect on Individualized Education Programs. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1999, p. 438, § 4 and was repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 34/HB 706, effective July 1, 2012.

Law reviews.

- For article, "Disparate Impact in Big Data Policing," see 52 Ga. L. Rev. 109 (2017).

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