Title 16, Chapter 11, Section 35
( 16-11-35)
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Chief administrative officer," in the case of a public
school, means the principal of the school or an officer designated
by the superintendent or board of education having jurisdiction of
the school to be the officer in charge of the public school. (2) "Chief administrative officer," in the case of a unit of the
university system, means the president of the unit of the
university system or the officer designated by the Board of
Regents of the University System of Georgia to administer and be
the officer in charge of a campus or other facility of a unit of
the university system. (3) "Public school" means any school under the control and
management of a county, independent, or area board of education
supported by public funds and any school under the control and
management of the State Board of Education or department or agency
thereof supported by public funds. (4) "Unit of the university system" means any college or
university under the government, control, and management of the
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. (b) In any case in which a person who is not a student or officer or
employee of a unit of the university system or of a public school
and who is not required by his or her employment to be on the campus
or any other facility of any such unit or of any public school
enters the campus or facility, and it reasonably appears to the
chief administrative officer of the campus or facility, or to any
officer or employee designated by him or her to maintain order on
the campus or facility, that such person is committing any act
likely to interfere with the peaceful conduct of the activities of
the campus or facility, or has entered the campus or facility for
the purpose of committing any such act, the chief administrative
officer or the officers or employees designated by him or her to
maintain order on the campus or facility may direct the person to
leave the campus or facility, and, if the person fails to do so, he
or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated
nature. |