CHAPTER 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
- ARTICLE 1 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
- § 20-2-1 - Board created; appointment of members; powers
- § 20-2-10 - Gifts or compensation to members, appointees, or their families from publishers prohibited; reporting offers; penalty
- § 20-2-11 - Budgets; supervision of Department of Education; funds for state office
- § 20-2-12 - Educational television programs
- § 20-2-13 - Educational research; preparation and publication of instructional material
- § 20-2-14 - Acceptance of donations, grants, and federal aid for vocational or other educational purposes; matching funds
- § 20-2-14.1 - Georgia Foundation for Public Education
- § 20-2-15 - Acceptance of federal and other aid to educational television
- § 20-2-16 - Acceptance and allotment of federal aid and other funds for school construction; determining needs; planning financing; building code; safety inspections and recommendations
- § 20-2-17 - Lease of state property to local school boards
- § 20-2-18 - Continuation of trusts for institutions for blind and deaf; board to be trustee
- § 20-2-19 - Receipt and review of asbestos management plans by State Board of Education; disapproval of plans; funding; regulation; accreditation; effect on other powers of board
- § 20-2-2 - Terms of office of members
- § 20-2-20 - Regional offices authorized; employees
- § 20-2-3 - Vacancies on board
- § 20-2-4 - Qualifications and disqualifications of members
- § 20-2-5 - Oaths of members; board meetings; chairperson
- § 20-2-5.1 - Annual public hearings in congressional district from which each State Board of Education member is appointed
- § 20-2-5.2 - Elections of chairperson and other officers; term, duties, and authority of chairperson
- § 20-2-6 - Inspection committees
- § 20-2-7 - Where committee meetings may be held
- § 20-2-8 - Travel by members within or outside state
- § 20-2-9 - Per diem allowances and expenses of members
- ARTICLE 2 - STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
- § 20-2-30 - Election; office; forms, blanks, and instructions for subordinate officials; appeal of decisions to State Board of Education
- § 20-2-31 - Qualifications
- § 20-2-32 - Bond; oath
- § 20-2-33 - Compensation and expenses
- § 20-2-34 - Recommendations to State Board of Education; suspension of county school superintendents; appeal
- § 20-2-35 - Duty to visit counties
- § 20-2-36 - Duty in case of misapplication of state funds
- § 20-2-37 - Annual reports by State School Superintendent
- § 20-2-38 - Requiring reports from local school officials
- ARTICLE 3 - LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION
- § 20-2-49 - Standards for local board of education members
- § 20-2-50 - County school districts; county board for each county
- § 20-2-51 - Election of county board members; persons ineligible to be members or superintendent; ineligibility for local boards of education; ineligibility for other elective offices
- § 20-2-52 - Term of office; number of members
- § 20-2-53 - Certifying election or appointment of county board members
- § 20-2-54 - Resignation of member of county board or superintendent
- § 20-2-54.1 - Procedure for filling vacancies on local boards
- § 20-2-55 - Per diem, insurance, and expenses of local board members
- § 20-2-56 - Nonpartisan elections for members of boards of education
- § 20-2-57 - Organization of county boards; chairperson and secretary; quorum; record of proceedings
- § 20-2-58 - Regular monthly meeting of local boards; adjournment; temporary presiding officer; notice of date
- § 20-2-58.1 - "Immediate family" defined; employment of family members
- § 20-2-59 - Rules
- § 20-2-60 - Consolidation of county schools
- § 20-2-61 - Fundamental roles of local boards of education and local school superintendents
- § 20-2-62 - Employment of county agents and home demonstration agents to carry on extension work
- § 20-2-63 - Prohibit certain conflicts of interest of board members
- § 20-2-64 - Establishment and maintenance of trusts or funds
- § 20-2-65 - Programs for care and supervision of students before school, after school, or during vacation periods
- § 20-2-66 - School breakfast programs
- § 20-2-67 - Local school system or school subject to corrective action plan for budget deficit; financial operations form; publication; mailing to Department of Education and local governing body
- § 20-2-68 - Information for verification of fund expenditure
- § 20-2-69 - Requirements and procedures for issuing and awarding high school diplomas to honorably discharged World War II Veterans
- § 20-2-70 - Requirements and procedures for issuing and awarding high school diplomas to honorably discharged Korean Conflict and Vietnam Conflict veterans
- § 20-2-71 - Placement of twins or higher order multiples in the same classroom
- § 20-2-72 - Code of ethics for local board of education members
- § 20-2-73 - Removal of board members under certain circumstances
- § 20-2-74 - Solicit and accept donations for educational purposes
- ARTICLE 4 - INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS
- § 20-2-80 - Requests for increased flexibility; requirements
- § 20-2-81 - Strategic plan and proposed contract for local school systems requesting flexibility
- § 20-2-82 - Contract terms for local school systems requesting flexibility
- § 20-2-83 - State board approval of local school board flexibility contract
- § 20-2-84 - Accountability, flexibility, and consequences components of contract
- § 20-2-84.1 - Loss of governance for nonperforming schools
- § 20-2-84.2 - State monitoring
- § 20-2-84.3 - Limit on number of local school systems entering into flexibility contract
- § 20-2-84.4 - Other funding options
- § 20-2-84.5 - Applicability to charter systems
- § 20-2-84.6 - Establishment of rules, regulations, and guidelines
- ARTICLE 4A - COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION
- ARTICLE 5 - LOCAL SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS
- § 20-2-100 - County school superintendent substituted for county school commissioner
- § 20-2-101 - Appointment of school superintendents
- § 20-2-102 - Qualifications of county school superintendents; filing proof of certification; exemptions
- § 20-2-103 - Oath of county school superintendent
- § 20-2-104 - Superintendents' bonds
- § 20-2-105 - Suspension of county school superintendent; notice and hearing; appeal
- § 20-2-106 - Removal of county school superintendent; notice and hearing; appeal
- § 20-2-107 - Filling vacancies in office of county school superintendent
- § 20-2-108 - Certification and classification of local school superintendents; compensation
- § 20-2-109 - Duties of local school superintendents
- § 20-2-110 - Offices for county school superintendents
- § 20-2-111 - Administration of oaths by county school superintendents and county board members
- § 20-2-112 - Annual reports by county school superintendents to grand jury; inspection of books
- § 20-2-113 - School systems exempt from article
- ARTICLE 6 - QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION
- PART 1 - SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSE
- PART 2 - COMPETENCIES AND CORE CURRICULUM
- PART 3 - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
- PART 4 - FINANCING
- PART 5 - PROGRAM WEIGHTS AND FUNDING REQUIREMENTS
- PART 6 - EMPLOYMENT
- PART 7 - STAFF DEVELOPMENT
- PART 8 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
- PART 9 - GRANTS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
- PART 10 - CAPITAL OUTLAY FUNDS
- PART 11 - REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES
- PART 12 - EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
- PART 13 - ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLS AND SYSTEMS
- PART 14 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
- PART 15 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- PART 16 - BUILDING RESOURCEFUL INDIVIDUALS TO DEVELOP GEORGIA'S ECONOMY
- ARTICLE 6.1 - IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
- ARTICLE 7 - ADDITIONAL STATE AID
- ARTICLE 8 - CONSOLIDATION OF INDEPENDENT AND COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEMS
- ARTICLE 9 - LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCES
- ARTICLE 10 - CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- § 20-2-500 - Promulgation of rules and regulations for contracts or purchases over $100.00 authorized; purchases over $100,000.00; vendor preferences
- § 20-2-501 - Contracts or purchases over $100.00 not in compliance with rules and regulations prohibited
- § 20-2-502 - Disciplining violators
- § 20-2-503 - Purchasing educational information, literature, and services authorized
- § 20-2-504 - Authority to contract for pupil transportation
- § 20-2-505 - Member prohibited from selling school supplies or equipment to county board; penalty
- § 20-2-505.1 - Board transacting business with bank or similar institution in which member has interest
- § 20-2-506 - Definitions; authority to enter into multiyear lease, purchase, or lease purchase contracts
- ARTICLE 11 - PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES
- ARTICLE 12 - LEASING PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES
- ARTICLE 13 - SUSPENDING AND REOPENING LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS
- ARTICLE 14 - EDUCATION GRANTS
- ARTICLE 15 - SCHOOL CENSUS
- ARTICLE 16 - STUDENTS
- ARTICLE 17 - TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL
- PART 1 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES COMMISSION
- PART 2 - TEACHERS' LOCAL LICENSES
- PART 3 - PAYMENT OF SALARIES
- PART 4 - SICK, PERSONAL, AND MATERNITY LEAVE
- PART 5 - JURY LEAVE FOR TEACHERS
- PART 6 - HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS
- PART 6A - PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE
- PART 7 - TERMINATION, SUSPENSION, NONRENEWAL, DEMOTION, OR REPRIMAND
- PART 8 - BONDS AND ACCOUNTS OF PRINCIPALS
- PART 9 - PROVIDING UNIFORMS
- PART 10 - PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
- PART 11 - COMPLAINTS POLICY
- PART 12 - GRADE INTEGRITY
- ARTICLE 18 - LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR STATE AND LOCAL SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES
- § 20-2-990 - Legislative findings
- § 20-2-991 - Liability insurance for performance of duties authorized; actions against insurers; admissibility of insurance in evidence
- § 20-2-991.1 - Including nonprofit organizations, their members, and school volunteers in policies and indemnity contracts
- § 20-2-992 - Immunity not waived
- § 20-2-993 - Defense of actions against officials and employees
- § 20-2-994 - Payment of amount of deductible under liability policies
- ARTICLE 18A - LIABILITY OF EDUCATORS FOR DISCIPLINING STUDENTS
- ARTICLE 19 - TEXTBOOKS
- § 20-2-1010 - State board to prescribe textbooks; choosing from multiple listings
- § 20-2-1011 - Manner of selecting and purchasing free textbooks; exclusion of partisan or sectarian material
- § 20-2-1012 - Committee or committees to make recommendations on textbooks; additions to approved lists
- § 20-2-1013 - Free textbook system; care and protection of textbooks, library books, and media materials; reimbursement by pupils or parents
- § 20-2-1014 - Purchases to be at lowest price offered other schools
- § 20-2-1015 - Electronic format version required
- ARTICLE 20 - EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ACT OF 1990
- ARTICLE 21 - BRIEF PERIOD OF QUIET REFLECTION
- ARTICLE 22 - SCHOOL BUSES
- ARTICLE 23 - TRAFFIC SAFETY
- ARTICLE 24 - ELIMINATION OF ADULT ILLITERACY
- ARTICLE 25 - SCHOOL LAW TRIBUNALS; APPEALS
- ARTICLE 26 - OBTAINING SCHOOL MEALS BY FALSE INFORMATION
- ARTICLE 27 - LOITERING AT OR DISRUPTING SCHOOLS
- § 20-2-1180 - Loitering upon school premises or within a school safety zone; penalty; required check in of visitors; posting signs of required check in
- § 20-2-1181 - Disrupting public school; penalty
- § 20-2-1182 - Persons other than students who insult or abuse school teachers in presence of pupils may be ordered to leave school premises
- § 20-2-1183 - Possession of electronic communication devices in school
- § 20-2-1184 - Reporting of students committing prohibited acts
- § 20-2-1185 - School safety plans
- ARTICLE 28 - SICK LEAVE FOR FOOD SERVICE PERSONNEL
- ARTICLE 29 - INTERLOCAL RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY
- § 20-2-2001 - Definitions
- § 20-2-2002 - Establishment; membership
- § 20-2-2003 - Board of trustees
- § 20-2-2004 - Agency is not an insurer
- § 20-2-2005 - Certificate of authority
- § 20-2-2006 - Issuance, renewal, or revocation of certificate
- § 20-2-2007 - Minimum surplus required
- § 20-2-2008 - Investments
- § 20-2-2009 - Joint and several liability of fund members
- § 20-2-2010 - Administrator
- § 20-2-2011 - Bond, liability insurance, and claim office of administrator
- § 20-2-2012 - Grounds for revocation, suspension, or refusal to issue or renew certificate; hearing; voluntary dissolution of fund
- § 20-2-2013 - Tax exemption
- § 20-2-2014 - Examination of funds by Commissioner
- § 20-2-2015 - Fund insufficient to discharge obligations; liquidation
- § 20-2-2016 - Rules and regulations
- § 20-2-2017 - Remedies of aggrieved parties
- § 20-2-2018 - Excess loss funding program; condition for certificate of authority
- § 20-2-2019 - Annual audit
- § 20-2-2020 - Sovereign immunity not waived
- ARTICLE 30 - "MULTIRACIAL" CLASSIFICATION
- ARTICLE 31 - CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT OF 1998
- § 20-2-2060 - Short title
- § 20-2-2061 - Legislative intent
- § 20-2-2062 - Definitions
- § 20-2-2063 - Charter petitions
- § 20-2-2063.1 - Charter Advisory Committee established; members; duties
- § 20-2-2063.2 - Charter systems
- § 20-2-2064 - Approval or denial of petition
- § 20-2-2064.1 - Review of charter by state board; charters for state chartered special schools
- § 20-2-2065 - Waiver of provisions of this title; requirements for operating; control and management
- § 20-2-2066 - Admission, enrollment, and withdrawal of students
- § 20-2-2067 - Reprisals by local boards or school system employees prohibited
- § 20-2-2067.1 - Amendment of terms of charter for charter school; initial term of charter; annual report
- § 20-2-2068 - Termination of a charter
- § 20-2-2068.1 - Quality basic education formula applies; grants, local tax revenue, and funds from local bonds
- § 20-2-2068.2 - Facilities fund for charter schools; purposes for which funds may be used; upkeep of charter school property; availability of unused facilities
- § 20-2-2069 - Office of Charter School Compliance
- § 20-2-2070 - Annual report to General Assembly
- § 20-2-2071 - Validity of charters in effect on July 1, 1998
- ARTICLE 31A - GEORGIA CHARTER SCHOOLS COMMISSION
- § 20-2-2080 - Legislative findings
- § 20-2-2081 - Definitions
- § 20-2-2082 - Establishment of Georgia Charter Schools Commission; appointment of commission members; meetings; role; compensation
- § 20-2-2083 - Power and duties of the commission
- § 20-2-2084 - Applications for cosponsorships; defining role of cosponsors
- § 20-2-2085 - Petition requirements for commission charter school
- § 20-2-2086 - Petition from existing charter schools
- § 20-2-2087 - Maximum access to information by parents
- § 20-2-2088 - Annual report to State Board of Education
- § 20-2-2089 - Financial responsibility
- § 20-2-2090 - Funding for commission charter schools
- § 20-2-2091 - Collaborative efforts; administration
- § 20-2-2092 - Promulgation of rules and regulations
- ARTICLE 31B - CHARTER SCHOOL CAPITAL FINANCE
- § 20-2-2095 - Short title
- § 20-2-2095.1 - Definitions
- § 20-2-2095.2 - Grant program for qualified charter school contributions
- § 20-2-2095.3 - Date certain for matching funds
- § 20-2-2095.4 - Adoption of guidelines and standards for construction of charter schools; reporting
- § 20-2-2095.5 - Promulgation of rules and regulations
- ARTICLE 32 - HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS OVERVIEW COMMITTEE
- § 20-2-2100 - (Repealed effective December 31, 2010) Legislative committee to review operations of high school athletic associations
- § 20-2-2101 - (Repealed effective December 31, 2010) Interagency assistance with the committee; employment of staff and consultants; authority to call witnesses and request production of documents
- § 20-2-2102 - (Repealed effective December 31, 2010) Athletic associations to fully cooperate with committee; report of findings and recommendations
- § 20-2-2103 - (Repealed effective December 31, 2010) Criteria for performance evaluation
- § 20-2-2104 - (Repealed effective December 31, 2010) Expenditure of funds; compensation of committee members
- § 20-2-2105 - (Repealed effective December 31, 2010) Repealer
- ARTICLE 33 - SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS
- § 20-2-2110 - Short title
- § 20-2-2111 - Legislative findings; purpose
- § 20-2-2112 - Definitions
- § 20-2-2113 - Annual notification of options available to parents of special needs students
- § 20-2-2114 - Qualifications for scholarship; financial responsibility; state-wide assessments; exception; compliance
- § 20-2-2115 - Eligibility requirements for schools participating in scholarship program; application of participating school
- § 20-2-2116 - Amount of scholarship; method of payments
- § 20-2-2117 - Adoption and promulgation of rules; immunity from liability for scholarship decisions; schools may be barred from program participation for certain actions
- § 20-2-2118 - Annual report
- ARTICLE 34 - INTRADISTRICT TRANSFERS
- ARTICLE 35 - EDUCATION OF MILITARY DEPENDENTS