Title 20

(a) The board of education of any local school system is authorized to organize or reorganize the schools and fix the grade levels to be taught at each school in its jurisdiction. (b) The board of education of any local school system shall be authorized to employ school administra…

(a) In the event a local school system is voluntarily merged with one or more adjoining local school systems under the provisions of Code Section 20-2-60 or Code Sections 20-2-370 through 20-2-372, all local school systems which are party to such voluntary merger shall not be req…

(a) The State Board of Education shall provide sparsity grants to qualified local school systems beyond those funds to which they otherwise are entitled by the provisions of this article and other statutes, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. To qualify for a sparsit…

(a) The provisions of this article and other statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, the State Board of Education is authorized to provide a procedure whereby a student shall, for such compelling reasons and circumstances as may be specified by the state board, be permitted to a…

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that students receive academic instruction in permanent classrooms where possible and, further, that students be transported to schools that are within a reasonable distance from the student’s place of residence. In order to allow for …

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “military student” means a school aged child of a military service member who lives on a military base or off-base in military housing. (b) Beginning in school year 2017-2018, a military student in this state shall be allowed to attend a…

A local board of education may allow a student who has been enrolled in and attended a public school for more than half of the school year and who moves during the school year to another attendance zone within the local school system to continue to be enrolled in and attend such …

The State Board of Education shall have authority to provide for implementation of other educational programs not ordinarily coming within the prescribed curricula of the public schools which may or may not require use by local units of administration of additional specially qual…

(a) The State Board of Education shall annually determine the amount of funds needed for operation of the state schools for the deaf and blind. Such funds appropriated by the General Assembly shall be made available for the operation of these schools under rules and regulations p…

(a) The Department of Education shall develop curriculum materials and resource guides for an environmental education, recycling, and composting awareness program for kindergarten through grade 12. The purpose of such program shall be to instill in students an appreciation for th…

(a) The board of regents shall annually determine and request of the General Assembly the amount of funds needed for county and regional public libraries. This request shall include, but not be limited to, funds to provide library books and materials, salaries and travel for prof…

(a) The Office of Student Achievement is authorized to continue and administer an honors program for students in the public and private high schools of this state and for resident students who attend a home study program who have manifested exceptional abilities or unique potenti…

The State Board of Education shall have authority to provide for the operation of youth camps, food-processing programs, and young farmer programs. The state board shall annually determine the amount of funds needed to provide the programs described in this Code section and shall…

(a) Any public school at the secondary level which provides access to the campus or to student directory information to persons or groups which make students aware of occupational or educational options shall provide access to the campus and student directory information on at le…

The State Board of Education shall develop, with input from appropriate experts, such as rape crisis centers and family violence shelters, a rape prevention and personal safety education program and a program for preventing teen dating violence for grade eight through grade 12 wh…

(a) No student shall, on the basis of gender, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, be treated differently from another student, or otherwise be discriminated against in any interscholastic or intramural athletics offered by a local school system, and no lo…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “athletic association” means any association of schools or any other similar organization which acts as an organizing, sanctioning, scheduling, or rule-making body for interscholastic athletic events in which public high schools in this …

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “athletic association” means any association of schools or any other similar organization which acts as an organizing, sanctioning, scheduling, or rule-making body for interscholastic athletic events in which public schools in this state…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “athletic association” means any association of schools or any other similar organization which acts as an organizing, sanctioning, scheduling, or rule-making body for interscholastic athletic events in which public schools in this state…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “athletic association” means any association of schools or any other similar organization which acts as an organizing, sanctioning, scheduling, or rule-making body for interscholastic athletic events in which public high schools in this …

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Immediate family” means a student-athlete’s spouse, child, parent, stepparent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, motherin-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, and first cousin and th…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Immediate family” shall mean a student-athlete’s spouse, child, parent, stepparent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, first cousin, and…

(a) No law or regulation of this state shall prohibit or be construed as prohibiting or discouraging a private school from conducting a prayer prior to an athletic event held on the campus of the private school. (b) No athletic team from any public school in this state shall be p…

(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to establish the Georgia Virtual School whereby students may enroll in courses via the Internet or in any other manner not involving on-site interaction with a teacher. Any Georgia student who is age 21 or younger shall be eligible t…

(a) The State Board of Education shall develop, with input from appropriate experts and organizations, a school interscholastic extra487 curricular athletic policy that provides for the use of a single, comprehensive, preparticipation physical examination form. (b) As used in thi…

(a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the “Online Clearing-house Act.” (b) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Charter school” means a local charter school, as defined in paragraph (7) of Code Section 20-2-2062, a state chartered special school, as defin…

(a) Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, each local school system shall provide opportunities to all students in grades three through 12 enrolled in public schools within its boundaries for participation in part-time and full-time virtual instruction program options. Written…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “College and career academy” has the same meaning as in Code Section 20-4-37. (2) “Course” means a course offered by a college and career academy to public school students enrolled in such college and career academy. (3) “Home study…

(a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the “Dexter Mosely Act.” (b) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Athletic association” means any association of schools or any other similar organization which acts as an organizing, sanctioning, scheduling, or rul…

(a) There shall be a state-wide comprehensive educational information system which will provide for the accurate, seamless, and timely flow of information from local and regional education agencies, units of the University System of Georgia, and technical schools and colleges to t…

The State Board of Education shall maintain, according to the specific data categories defined by the task force created under Code Section 20-2-320, expenditure records for each instructional program and other grant program under this article. As a part of its annual budget reques…

The State Board of Education shall not initiate or cause to be initiated any program, program expansion, activity, or activity expansion related to or contemplated in this article which would result in additional expenditures by the state if such expenditures are not funded or ot…

(a) Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, each elementary school shall schedule recess for all students in kindergarten and grades one through five every school day; provided, however, that recess shall not be required on any school day on which a student has had physical educat…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Acceptable-use policy” means a policy for Internet usage adopted by a local board of education that meets the requirements of this Code section. (2) “Child pornography” means any computer depiction or other material depicting a chi…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Health care provider” means a licensed physician or another licensed individual under the supervision of a licensed physician, such as a nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or certified athletic trainer who has received trainin…

(a) The Department of Education is authorized to provide guidance for the placement of video monitoring cameras and equipment by a school in self-contained classrooms in which students receive special education services. The Department of Education is authorized to approve local …

(a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the “Educating Children of Military Families Act.” (b) The Department of Education is authorized to establish a unique identifier for each student: (1) Whose parent or guardian is an active duty military service member in th…

(a) Each public school, including local charter schools and state charter schools, shall post in a clearly visible location in a public area of the school that is readily accessible to students a sign in English and other such languages as may be determined by the local board of …

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Athletic association” means any association of schools or any other similar organization which acts as an organizing, sanctioning, scheduling, or rule-making body for interscholastic athletic events in which public high schools in …

(a) As used in this Code section, “harmful to minors” means that quality of description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when it: (1) Taken as a whole, predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or …

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia’s Economy Act.” History. Code 1981, § 20-2-325, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 186, § 1/HB 400.

For purposes of this part, the term: (1) “Articulation” means agreement between a high school and a postsecondary institution regarding the awarding of both secondary and postsecondary credit for a dual enrollment course. (2) “Choice technical high school” means a high school, ot…

(a) Student performance at the advanced proficiency/honors level on any assessments required for purposes of high school graduation shall be recognized as: (1) Meeting postsecondary entrance test requirements; and (2) Qualifying students to enroll in credit-bearing postsecondary c…

(a) The State Board of Education, in collaboration with the Technical College System of Georgia, shall facilitate and encourage industry credentialing for career, technical, and agricultural education programs utilizing existing career pathways and individual graduation plans. Fu…

(a) Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, the State Board of Education shall establish a competitive grant program for local school systems to implement school reform measures in selected high schools. The state board shall establish program requirements in accordanc…

High schools that receive reform grants as chronically low-performing high schools pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 20-2-328 shall: (1) Provide focused programs of study which are designed to provide a well-rounded education for students by fostering artistic creativity…