Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes additional offenses including the offenses of certain terroristic threats against public and private schools and attempts or criminal conspiracy in Georgia.

Highlights:

• Amends Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to delinquency, in order to provide for additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction for the trials of children 13 to 17 years of age to include the offenses of certain terroristic acts involving public and private schools and attempt or criminal conspiracy to commit certain offenses (Sec. 2-5).

• Repeals a provision that limited superior courts from exercising exclusive original jurisdiction over the trials of children 13 to 17 years of age alleged to have committed aggravated assault only in certain cases involving the use of a firearm upon a public safety officer (Sec. 2-5).

• Specifies which such cases shall be subject to the class A designated felony act provisions of Code Section 15-11-602 upon transfer to a juvenile court (Sec. 2-5).

• Amends and makes other changes by including such additional offenses in the list of offenses for which juvenile and superior courts shall consider certain criteria when determining whether to transfer cases (Sec. 2-5).

• Amends Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for information sharing by juvenile courts, superior courts, and certain state agencies with public schools when children are subject to electronic monitoring and other restrictions (Sec. 2-5).

• Establishes criminal offenses of terroristic threat of a school and terroristic act upon a school and specifies penalties (Sec. 2-5).

• Specifies only certain individuals to conduct annual site threat assessments at each public school in this state and that these annual assessments inform school safety plans (Sec. 2-5).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor and any previous legislation found in conflict shall be repealed (Sec. 6-7).

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