The Act provides a means for local schools to substitute an academic and/or vocational performance-based contract, called a charter, for state and local rules, regulations, policies, and procedures governing public schools. The Act allows private individuals, private organizations, or state or local public entities to establish a local school
The Act requires Georgia public school teachers to conduct a period of quiet reflection not to exceed sixty seconds at the start of each school day. The moment of quiet reflection is not to be conducted as a religious service. The Act is not to be interpreted as precluding student-initiated
The Act provides for fingerprinting and criminal record checks of persons to be employed as teachers or principals in the state school system. The Act further provides sanctions against pupils who fail or refuse to pay for lost or damaged textbooks, library books or media materials which are the property
While all of these bills are related to education, they cannot be said to constitute a legislative package. HB 589 transfers authority for teacher certification from the Department of Education to a newly constituted Professional Standards Commission. SB 328 reduces the number of standardized tests public school students must take.
SB 588 amends the Quality Basic Education Act to provide information concerning student profiles and school system profiles to the public and to governmental offices. All data will be encoded into the state-wide comprehensive educational informational network to maintain the confidentiality of individual students.
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O.C.G.A. 20-2-1160 provides that local school boards may sit as tribunals for decisions involving school law. The Act amends O.C.G.A. 20-2-1160 to provide that a local school board decision shall be binding only if the parties involved are notified in writing of the decision
The Act amends O.C.G.A. 20-2-940 to require local school boards to give notice by certified mail when discharging or suspending contractual employees for any action where notice may also be given by personal service. The Act also amends O.C.G.A. 20-2-942 to require notice of
