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title: HB 1325. Education; require local boards of education to provide parents and teachers opportunities to be involved in developing and updating student codes of conduct
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date: 2026-02-19
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bill_number: HB 1325
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chamber: House
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status_date: 2026-02-17
last_action: House Second Readers
sponsors:
  - Bethany Ballard
  - Carmen Rice
  - Brent Cox
  - Holt Persinger
  - Leesa Hagan
  - Scott Hilton
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  - school discipline
  - student codes of conduct
  - local school boards
  - teacher involvement
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# HB 1325. Education; require local boards of education to provide parents and teachers opportunities to be involved in developing and updating student codes of conduct

## Text

House Bill 1325
By: Representatives Ballard of the 147th, Rice of the 139th, Cox of the 28th, Persinger of the
119th, Hagan of the 156th, and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 20-2-736 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
student codes of conduct, distribution, disciplinary action for violations, and parental
involvement, so as to require local boards of education to provide parents and teachers
opportunities to be involved in developing and updating student codes of conduct; to provide
for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 20-2-736 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to student codes
of conduct, distribution, disciplinary action for violations, and parental involvement, is
amended by revising subsection (c) as follows:
"(c) Local boards of education shall provide opportunities for <del>parental involvement</del> <ins>parents
and teachers to be involved</ins> in developing and updating student codes of conduct."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

## Summaries written by Georgia Commons

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A Georgia House bill would require local school boards to let teachers, as well as parents, help create and update student codes of conduct.

### Plain-language summary

Current Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 20-2-736) already requires local school boards to give parents chances to be involved in writing and updating student codes of conduct, the rules that spell out student behavior expectations and discipline. This bill would add teachers to that requirement.

The change is narrow: it rewrites one sentence in subsection (c) of the existing law so that local boards of education must provide opportunities for both parents and teachers to be involved in developing and updating these codes, rather than just parents. The rest of the code section, covering distribution of the conduct code and disciplinary actions for violations, stays the same. The bill does not set a specific effective date beyond the standard process, and it repeals any conflicting laws.

### What it does

- Adds teachers to the list of people local school boards must let participate in developing and updating student codes of conduct.
- Keeps the existing requirement that parents also get chances to be involved in that process.
- Leaves unchanged the rest of O.C.G.A. § 20-2-736, including rules on distributing the conduct code and disciplinary action for violations.
- Repeals any existing state laws that conflict with this change.

### Who it affects

Local boards of education across Georgia, which must now involve teachers alongside parents in writing conduct rules; public school teachers, who gain a formal role in this process; and parents, who retain their existing involvement rights under the law.

### Why it matters

Teachers would gain a guaranteed seat at the table when their local school board writes or updates the rules governing student behavior and discipline, changes that directly shape daily classroom management and enforcement in Georgia's public schools.

### Key provisions

- Section 1 revises subsection (c) of O.C.G.A. § 20-2-736 to replace 'parental involvement' with a requirement for both parents and teachers to be involved in developing and updating student codes of conduct.
- Section 2 repeals any laws or parts of laws that conflict with this change.

## Status

- Status: Introduced (2026-02-17)
- Last action: House Second Readers (2026-02-19)
- Sponsors: Bethany Ballard, Carmen Rice, Brent Cox, Holt Persinger, Leesa Hagan, Scott Hilton
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73254

> The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1325.md?full=1