A local board of education or a school system employee who has control over personnel actions shall not take unlawful reprisal against another employee of the school system because such other employee is directly or indirectly involved with a petition to establish a charter school. A local board of education or a school system employee shall not take unlawful reprisal against an educational program of any school or school system because a petition to establish a charter school proposes the conversion of such educational program to a charter school. As used in this Code section, the term “unlawful reprisal” means an action taken by a local board of education or a school system employee as a direct result of a lawful petition to establish a charter school which action is adverse to another employee and which is not lawfully taken in response to any action or behavior of such employee or is adverse to an educational program of the school or the school system and:
History. Code 1981, § 20-2-2067 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1080, § 3; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 20; Ga. L. 2002, p. 388, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 31 - Charter Schools Act of 1998
§ 20-2-2061. Legislative Intent
§ 20-2-2063. Charter Petitions
§ 20-2-2063.1. Charter Advisory Committee Established; Members; Duties
§ 20-2-2063.2. Charter Systems
§ 20-2-2063.3. Code of Principles and Standards for Charter School Authorizers
§ 20-2-2064. Approval or Denial of Petition
§ 20-2-2064.1. Review of Charter by State Board; Charters for State Chartered Special Schools
§ 20-2-2065. Waiver of Provisions of This Title; Requirements for Operating; Control and Management
§ 20-2-2066. Admission, Enrollment, and Withdrawal of Students
§ 20-2-2067. Reprisals by Local Boards or School System Employees Prohibited
§ 20-2-2068. Termination of a Charter
§ 20-2-2068.1. Charter School Funding
§ 20-2-2069. Office of Charter School Compliance
§ 20-2-2070. Annual Report to General Assembly
§ 20-2-2071. Validity of Charters in Effect on July 1, 1998
§ 20-2-2072. Training for Governing Board Members
§ 20-2-2073. Charter Schools Financial Management Certification Program
§ 20-2-2074. Simultaneous Service of Certain Officers Prohibited
§ 20-2-2075. Grant Program for Replicating High-Performing Charter Schools