2020 Georgia Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Article 2 - Drug-Free Postsecondary Education Act
§ 20-1-25. Additional Sanctions Permissible
The suspension sanctions and sanctions involving denial of state funds as prescribed in this article are intended as minimum sanctions, and nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit any educational institution from establishing and implementing additional or more stringent sanctions for felony offenses and other conduct involving the unlawful manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, or use of marijuana, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug.
(Code 1981, §20-1-25, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2037, § 1.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Conviction of felony after end of academic period.
- Although the Drug-free Postsecondary Education Act of 1990, O.C.G.A. § 20-1-20 et seq., does not require the suspension of a student convicted of a felony involving the illegal use of drugs when the conviction occurs after the end of an academic period but prior to the commencement of the following academic period, the policy manual of the board of regents would permit such disciplinary action during the pendency of criminal charges or after final conviction. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-21.
