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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-701. Responsibility for reporting truants to juvenile or other courts.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-701. Responsibility for reporting truants to juvenile or other courts.

Local school superintendents as applied to private schools, the Department of Education as applied to home study programs, or visiting teachers and attendance officers as applied to public schools, after written notice to the parent or guardian of a child, shall report to the juvenile or other court having jurisdiction under Chapter 11 of Title 15 any child who is absent from a public or private school or a home study program in violation of this subpart. If the judge of the court places such child in a home or in a public or private institution pursuant to Chapter 11 of Title 15, school shall be provided for such child. The Department of Education shall coordinate with local school superintendents with respect to attendance records and notification for students in home study programs.

## History

Ga. L. 1945, p. 343, § 11; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1266, § 7; Ga. L. 2004, p. 107, § 11B; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 9-2/HB 501; Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 33/HB 706; Ga. L. 2012, p. 648, § 5/HB 39; Ga. L. 2015, p. 60, § 3-5/SB 100.

## Cross References

School attendance requirements for licensing, § 40-5-22.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2004, p. 107, § 11B, provided that new subsections (b) and (c) became effective upon full implementation of the state-wide education information system. Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 9-2(b), provided that new subsection (c) became effective upon full implementation of the state-wide education information system, as provided in Ga. L. 2004, p. 107, § 11B. The state-wide education information system was fully implemented in 2008.

Ga. L. 2012, p. 648, § 6/HB 39, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment by that Act shall apply beginning with school year 2012-2013.

Ga. L. 2015, p. 60, § 6-1/SB 100, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that this Act shall apply to offenses which occur on or after July 1, 2015.