Legal Question in Education Law in Georgia

schools legal rights

Can a school hold a report card of a minor child if the child was given fundraiser cards to sell, if the cards were lost? They want us to pay $120 for the lost cards when were weren't aware they cards were passed out?


Asked on 10/23/07, 4:42 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

SHERRY RAGOLE RAGOLE & ASSOCIATES, LLC

Re: schools legal rights

The answer very likely depends on whether the cards were school property, or something that the school will have to pay for. Another consideration is whether the school is a public or private institution. If the school is a public school, the fundraiser probably is sponsored by the PTA, which provided the school with the cards to distribute.

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Answered on 10/24/07, 9:16 am


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