Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 16. STUDENTS · Part 2. DISCIPLINE

20-2-730. Policies and regulations on use of corporal punishment.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

All area, county, and independent boards of education shall be authorized to determine and adopt policies and regulations relating to the use of corporal punishment by school principals and teachers employed by such boards.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1964, p. 673, § 1.

Cruelty to children, T. 16, C. 5, A. 5. Reporting of child abuse, § 19-7-5.

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