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2018 Georgia Code 20-2-759 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 20 EDUCATION

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

ARTICLE 16 STUDENTS

20-2-759. Minimum qualifications for hearing officers, disciplinary hearing officers, tribunals, and panels.

The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations to require minimum qualifications for hearing officers, disciplinary hearing officers, tribunals, and panels that are tasked with hearing matters in this subpart. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure that such individuals have initial training prior to serving as a hearing officer or disciplinary hearing officer or on a tribunal or panel, undergo continuing education so as to continue to serve in such capacity, and function as independent, neutral arbiters.

(Code 1981, §20-2-759, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 3-1/SB 367.)

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted the present provisions for the former provisions, which read: "Reserved."

Editor's notes.

- Former Code Section20-2-759, relating to children in kindergarten through grade five, was repealed by Ga. L. 2004, p. 107, § 18, effective May 4, 2004. The former Code section was based on Code 1981, § 20-2-759, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1079, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 20; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1436, § 8; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1421, § 3.

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 139 (2016).

Subpart 3 Chronic Disciplinary Problem Students

20-2-764. Definitions.

As used in this subpart, the term:

  1. "Chronic disciplinary problem student" means a student who exhibits a pattern of behavioral characteristics which interfere with the learning process of students around him or her and which are likely to recur.
  2. "Expulsion" means expulsion of a student from a public school beyond the current school quarter or semester.
  3. "Suspension" means the short-term suspension of a student from a public school for not more than ten days or long-term suspension for more than ten days pursuant to Code Section 20-2-751.

(Code 1981, §20-2-764, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 240, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 20.)

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