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Georgia Appleseed urges funding for school‑climate improvements, flags exclusionary discipline and enrollment denials
Summary
Georgia Appleseed described how exclusionary discipline, enrollment denials and unclear remote‑learning rules can create lengthy out‑of‑school time, and recommended funding for school climate, alternatives to suspension and centralized technical assistance.
Georgia Appleseed told the committee its statewide legal‑assistance practice sees many students excluded from school for extended periods for conduct often characterized as minor infraction, and described enrollment denials and ambiguity in HB 268 as contributing to lost instruction time.
Darlene Lynch, legal and policy director at Georgia Appleseed, said the nonprofit handles roughly 200–250 cases a year involving suspensions, expulsions and enrollment…
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