Title 20 — Education

The General Assembly finds in regard to the creation of an Education Coordinating Council that said council should: (1) Provide a forum for interagency communication regarding educational policy and programs; (2) Provide for the effective and efficient coordination and seamlessne…

Creation of council. Membership; officers; meetings. Quorum; committees. Annual reports. Selection of personnel to support council. Powers of council. General powers and duties. Access to records or data. Decisions or actions by council directing action by department, board, or o…

There is created an education council to be known as the ‘‘Education Coordinating Council’’ or ‘‘council’’ and as used in this chapter, the term ‘‘council’’ shall mean the Education Coordinating Council. (Code 1981, § 20-14-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 93.) 20-14-3. Membe…

As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Board of regents’’ means the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. (2) ‘‘Council’’ means the Education Coordinating Council created in Article 1 of this chapter. (3) ‘‘Director’’ means the director of the Office of Student …

(a) There is created the Office of Student Achievement. (b) The chief administrative and executive officer of the office shall be the director, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Subject to the general policy established by the Educa…

(a) The office shall have the following duties: (1) To create a single state-wide accountability system, establish indicators of performance, rate schools and school systems, develop annual report cards for elementary, middle, and secondary schools, and formulate a system of scho…

(a) The office shall submit the following reports to the council: (1) An annual report regarding pre-kindergarten education shall be submitted no later than December 1 of each year, commencing 471 20-14-27 December 1, 2002. The pre-kindergarten report shall be an evaluation of th…

20-14-29. Limitation on liability of private postsecondary institu- 20-14-39. 20-14-40. 20-14-41. Creation of performance based accountability assessment program. Establishing standard for satisfactory performance. Obtaining nationally comparative results and benchmarks. Indicato…

(a) The council shall consist of the Governor, the State School Superintendent, the chairperson of the State Board of Education, the chancellor of the University System of Georgia, the chairperson of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, the commissioner of th…

The office shall create and implement a state-wide kindergarten through grade 12 accountability assessment program that is performance based to ensure school accountability for the goals of improved student achievement and improved school completion. (Code 1981, § 20-14-30, enact…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the office shall establish the levels of performance on each assessment instrument administered under Code Section 20-2-281 by establishing the standard that should be achieved by students in each subject area at each grade level. Dat…

The office’s state education accountability analysis and reporting program shall obtain nationally comparative results and benchmarks for the subject areas and grade levels for which criterion-referenced and nationally normed reference assessment instruments are adopted, compare …

The office shall recommend, and the State Board of Education shall adopt, written procedures for conducting on-site audits under this part. The office shall make the procedures available to the schools, school councils, local boards of education, and the public. Office staff shal…

PART 2 20-14-38. OFFICE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 20-14-25. Creation; director; authority; seal; administrative assignment. 20-14-26. Duties.

(a) Financial awards may be provided to the schools that the director determines have demonstrated the greatest improvement in achievement gap closure, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and any limitation set by the director on the total amount that may be awarded …

The financial award system may be funded by donations, grants, or appropriation by the General Assembly or as otherwise provided. The State Board of Education may solicit and receive grants and donations for the purpose of making awards under this part. Award funds may be used by…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a majority of the members of the council then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No vacancy on the council shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the co…

All identifiable individual student performance data and information and reports received by the office, the Department of Education, and the State Board of Education under this part from schools or school systems shall be deemed confidential and may not be disclosed. (Code 1981,…

The council shall issue an annual report. Copies shall be distributed to each member of the General Assembly not later than the first Monday in December of every year, commencing December 2001. The report shall include: 464 20-14-7 (1) A summary of the council’s activities, findi…

All departments, boards, and offices represented on the council, the Office of Planning and Budget, and the Office of Student Achievement shall select and appoint such personnel as each such department, board, or office shall determine to be necessary to support the council in th…

The council shall have the following powers: (1) To have a seal and alter the same at its pleasure; (2) To adopt bylaws for its internal government and procedures; (3) To make and execute contracts, lease agreements, and all other instruments necessary or convenient to exercise t…

The council shall have the following general powers and duties, in addition to any and all other powers enumerated in this article, any or all of which may be exercised by the council directly or by the Office of Student Achievement under the direction and supervision of the coun…

(a) There shall be an Education Information Steering Committee as provided in Code Section 20-2-320. (b) The office shall provide a member to the Education Information Steering Committee to assure that all necessary data, information, and specifications are included in the develo…

All state departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, and authorities are authorized and required to make available to the council access to records or data which are available in electronic format or, if electronic format is unavailable, in whatever format is available.…