06 LC 33
1035
House
Bill 984
By:
Representatives Coan of the
101st,
Lunsford of the
110th,
Ehrhart of the
36th,
Ralston of the
7th,
Coleman of the
97th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Subpart 2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official
Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to compulsory attendance for students in
elementary and secondary education, so as to provide that a student whose parent
is in military service is granted excused absences from school to visit with his
or her parent prior to deployment or while on leave; to provide for related
matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Subpart
2 of Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to compulsory attendance for students in elementary
and secondary education, is amended by inserting after Code Section 20-2-692,
relating to General Assembly pages granted excused absences, a new Code Section
20-2-692.1 to read as follows:
∀20-2-692.1.
A
student whose parent is in military service in the armed forces of the United
States or the National Guard, and such parent has been called to duty for
overseas deployment or is on leave from overseas deployment, shall be granted
excused absences, up to a maximum of five school days per school year, for the
day or days missed from school to visit with his or her parent prior to such
parent́s
deployment or during such
parent́s
leave, and such student shall be credited as present by the school in which
enrolled.∀
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.