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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

20-2-764. Definitions.

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

  1. As used in this subpart, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Chronic disciplinary problem student” means a student who exhibits a pattern of behavioral characteristics which interfere with the learning process of students around him or her and which are likely to recur.#

  3. (2)

    “Expulsion” means expulsion of a student from a public school beyond the current school quarter or semester.#

  4. (3)

    “Suspension” means the short-term suspension of a student from a public school for not more than ten days or long-term suspension for more than ten days pursuant to Code Section 20-2-751.#

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.

History

Code 1981, § 20-2-764, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 240, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 20.

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