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A Georgia middle school honor roll student will not be suspended for accidentally paying for his school lunch with counterfeit money.

The Henry County Board of Education Superintendent Mary Elizabeth Davis decided Christian Philon suspension would be lifted despite a hearing officer’s choice to uphold the student’s punishment which would have remained on his school record, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

On Wednesday the Board of Education said, “At this time, we have decided to reverse the decision of the hearing officer,” Channel 2 reported.

Keisha Coleman, Philon’s attorney, said the family is happy with the reversal, but they still want a verbal apology for the incident.

“I think Christian and his family would’ve appreciated an apology for dragging them through this whole mess, which was not forthcoming,” Coleman said. “But I think they’re happy that his name is cleared and his record is cleared.”

Philon was given a 10-day suspension because the school claims the $20 bill he used to pay for lunch was counterfeit. The lunch lady used a pen that detects counterfeit bills to determine that it wasn’t real.

The 6th-graders parents were outraged and said they didn’t know the bill was fake.

“I was confused on how the money was counterfeit. And how my parents received it,” Philon said. “They said, ‘You possessed it, so you’re going to have to pay for it.’”

“I’ve never handled counterfeit money. I don’t know what it looks like,” his father Earvin Philon said.

Earvin said he was given the bill when he paid for his meal at a fast-food restaurant.

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