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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-757. Applicability of public inspection and open meeting laws.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-757. Applicability of public inspection and open meeting laws.

(a) All proceedings and hearings conducted under this subpart shall be confidential and shall not be subject to the open meetings requirement of Code Section 50-14-1 or other open meetings laws.

(b) All electronic or other written records of all hearings conducted under this subpart; all statements of charges; all notices of hearings; and all written decisions rendered by a hearing officer, tribunal, the local board of education, or the State Board of Education shall not be subject to public inspection or other disclosure under Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 or other public disclosure laws; provided, however, that the state board shall prepare a written summary of any proceeding conducted under this subpart, which summary shall include a description of the incident and the disposition thereof but shall not contain the names of any party to the incident. The summary shall be a public record.

(c) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to prohibit, restrict, or limit in any manner the disclosure of a student’s education records to a receiving school as required by Code Section 20-2-670.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-2-757, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 908, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 20; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 20; Ga. L. 1989, p. 836, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 99, § 2-13/HB 268, effective April 28, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective April 28, 2025, substituted “that the state board” for “the board of education” in the first sentence of subsection (b) and added subsection (c).