06 AM 33
0426
ADOPTED
Senators
Schaefer of the 50th, Rogers of the 21st, Williams of the 19th and Seabaugh of
the 28th offered the following amendment:
Amend
the Senate Education and Youth Committee substitute to SB 413 (LC 33 1354S) by
inserting after "attendance;"
on line 8 of page 1
the following:
to
amend Part 1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to school attendance, so as to require written
parental or legal guardian permission for membership in a specific club or
activity; to provide for adoption of policies and procedures by local boards of
education to provide information regarding school sponsored clubs and
extracurricular activities to parents and legal guardians; to provide that local
school systems shall comply with written notification from parents and legal
guardians withholding permission for participation; to require annual permission
for club membership and participation in activities;
By
inserting between lines 17 and 18 of page 4 the following:
SECTION
4.
Part
1 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to school attendance, is amended by inserting a new subpart
to be designated Subpart 2A to read as follows:
"Subpart
2A
20-2-705.
(a)
Each local board of education shall adopt policies and procedures for notifying
parents or guardians of students regarding school sponsored clubs and
extracurricular activities, and providing an opportunity for parents or
guardians to withhold permission for a child to join designated clubs or
participate in designated activities. An annual notification utilizing the
student handbook or other appropriate method regarding school sponsored clubs
shall include without limitation the name of the club, mission or purpose of the
club, name of the
club́s
faculty advisor, and a description of past or planned activities. A similar
notification regarding extracurricular activities shall include without
limitation the mission or purpose of the extracurricular activity, name of the
faculty advisor, and a description of planned programs or actions. Each local
school system shall comply with the written notification from a parent or
guardian who has withheld permission for a child to join a club or participate
in an activity, and shall not allow a child to join a club or participate in an
activity in contravention of written notification from the
child́s
parent or guardian forbidding such club or activity.
(b)
All clubs, programs, or extracurricular activities occurring on school property
or sponsored by schools, school staff, or students shall require written
parental or legal guardian permission for membership in each specific club or
activity.
(c)
Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, each local school system shall obtain
written parental or legal guardian permission for a student to participate in or
be a member of a school sponsored club or extracurricular activity. Each local
school system shall obtain this permission at the beginning of each school
year."
By
redesignating Section 4 as Section 5.