Georgia Commons20-2-698. Peace officers may take temporary custody of truant children away from home.
The only printed version. Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Any peace officer may assume temporary custody, during school hours, of any child subject to compulsory school attendance who is found away from home and who is absent from a public or private school or a home study program without a valid written excuse from school officials or from the parent or guardian in charge of the home study program.