Georgia House Bill 904 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-24 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to student discipline, so as to prohibit the use of corporal punishment by school administrators, teachers, and other school personnel with any student in any public school of this state; to require the State Board of Education and the Department of Education to provide for minimum standards and model student codes of conduct which address appropriate methods for redirecting students whose behavior is dangerous or disruptive; to provide for a definition; to provide for limited immunity for school administrators, teachers, and other school personnel for the good faith use of reasonable and necessary physical contact with a student under certain circumstances;to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Education; use of corporal punishment by school personnel with any student in any public school; prohibit

Rep. Debra Bazemore [D]	Rep. James Beverly [D]	Rep. Billy Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Wilensky [D]
Rep. Carolyn Hugley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-24	House	House Second Readers
2022-01-14	House	House First Readers
2022-01-13	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/61126
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/203371