07 LC 33
1896
House
Bill 629
By:
Representatives Dickson of the
6th,
Casas of the
103rd,
and Maxwell of the
17th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to education, so as to provide that attendance reports may be provided
electronically; to revise certain provisions relating to quarterly reports by
principals; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education,
is amended in Code Section 20-2-697, relating to the cooperation of principals
and teachers in public schools with visiting teachers and attendance officers,
by revising subsection (a) as follows:
"(a)
Visiting teachers and attendance officers shall receive the cooperation and
assistance of all teachers and principals of public schools in the local school
systems within which they are appointed to serve. It shall be the duty of the
principals or local school site administrators and of the teachers of all public
schools to report, in writing,
or to make
such information accessible
electronically, to the visiting teacher or
attendance officer of the local school system the names, ages, and residences of
all students in attendance at their schools and classes within 30 days after the
beginning of the school term or terms and to make such other reports of
attendance in their schools or classes as may be required by rule or regulation
of the State Board of Education. All public schools shall keep daily records of
attendance,
either in written form or electronically,
verified by the teachers certifying such records. Such reports shall be open to
inspection by the visiting teacher, attendance officer, or duly authorized
representative at any time during the school
day; provided,
however, that this provision may be complied with through making such
information available to such teacher, officer, or representative through
electronic access. Any such attendance
records and reports which identify students by name shall be used only for the
purpose of providing necessary attendance information required by the state
board or by law, except with the permission of the parent or guardian of a
child, pursuant to the subpoena of a court of competent jurisdiction, or for
verification of attendance by the Department of Public Safety for the purposes
set forth in subsection (a.1) of Code Section 40-5-22. Such attendance records
shall also be maintained in a format which does not identify students by name,
and in this format shall be a part of the data collected for the student record
component of the state-wide comprehensive educational information system
pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 20-2-320."
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended by revising Code Section 20-2-962, relating to
quarterly reports by principals, as follows:
"20-2-962.
The
principal of each public school shall make a quarterly report to the local board
of education immediately upon the end of each quarter of the fiscal year, and
such report shall contain an account of all receipts and expenditures of such
funds during the past quarter. The
principal shall
also
make an annual report of the complete property inventory of the school. The
local board may at any time during the school year inspect all receipts,
expenditures, and property of each public school."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.