07 LC 33
1862/AP
House
Bill 539 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Ehrhart of the
36th,
Johnson of the
37th,
Manning of the
32nd,
Cooper of the
41st,
Franklin of the
43rd,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing for the election of members of the Board of Education of
Cobb County, approved March 28, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 3516), as amended, so as
to revise procedures relating to the establishment or revision of school
attendance zones; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act providing for the election of members of the Board of Education of Cobb
County, approved March 28, 1974 (Ga. L. 1974, p. 3516), as amended, is amended
by revising subsection (f) of Section 2 as follows:
"(f)(1)
Prior to establishing or revising school attendance zones, the board
shall:
(A)
Conduct at least one public hearing to get public input regarding the
development of plans for the location of attendance zones;
(B)
Develop two or more alternate proposed plans establishing or revising attendance
zones. Such alternate plans must be made available to the public at least 24
hours prior to the public hearing at which they will be discussed;
and
(C)
Conduct at least two public hearings to allow input from the public on the
proposed plans establishing or revising attendance zones. Reasonable notice
shall be provided prior to each public hearing.
No
plan for the establishment or revision of attendance zones shall be adopted by
the board unless each board member whose education district is affected by the
plan has signed off on such plan.
(2)
The board shall take into consideration the following when establishing or
revising school attendance zones:
(A)
No student shall be assigned or compelled to attend any school on the basis of
race, creed, color, or national origin, or for the purpose of achieving equality
in attendance or increased or reduced attendance at any school of persons of one
or more particular race, creed, color, or national origin; and
(B)
Nothing contained in this paragraph shall prevent the assignment of a pupil in
the manner requested or authorized by the student´s parent or
guardian.
(3)
This subsection shall only apply to new schools opened on or after July 1,
2007."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2007.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.