Rep. Yasmin Neal, a Jonesboro Democrat, has bipartisan support to create a five-member committee of legislators to study the creation of an alternative school for expelled students.

The House Study Committee on Expulsion School Creation, proposed by House Resolution 1277,  would look at various models, such as a boarding school, and make any recommendations to the Legislature by the end of this year.

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Students line up after school for school buses at Sequoyah Middle School in Doraville on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. The school’s principal told teachers not to talk to students about ICE, and teachers and activists are pushing back. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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