Title 20

(a) The office, with the approval of the council, shall create and the Department of Early Care and Learning shall adopt the rules and policies that support a pre-kindergarten accountability assessment program that is primarily performance based. (b) The office shall develop and …

(a) The office, with the approval of the council, shall create and the Professional Standards Commission shall adopt the rules and policies that support an education work force accountability assessment program that is primarily performance based. (b) The office shall develop and…

(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…

(a) There is created the Agricultural Education Advisory Commission. (b)(1) The commission shall consist of three members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, at least one of whom shall be from the House Committee on Agriculture and Consume…

(a) There is created the Career and Technical Education Advisory Commission. (b)(1) The commission shall consist of four members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, one of whom shall be from the House Committee on Economic Development and …

As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Office’’ means the Office of Student Achievement. (2) ‘‘Opportunity school’’ means a public elementary or secondary school under the supervision of the Opportunity School District. (3) ‘‘Opportunity School District’’ or ‘‘OSD’’ means the s…

(a) The Opportunity School District is hereby created pursuant to the authority granted in Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph VIII of the Georgia Constitution. The Opportunity School District shall be authorized to assume the supervision, management, and operation of public eleme…

(a) The Governor shall appoint a superintendent, to be confirmed by the Senate, to serve as the executive officer of the Opportunity School District. The OSD Superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and shall have such qualifications as set forth in subsection (…

(a) The Opportunity School District shall be authorized to select up to 20 qualifying schools to add to the OSD in any single school year. The Opportunity School District shall have no more than 100 schools under its supervision at any given time. The schools selected for inclusi…

The office shall annually, for purposes of this article, determine a rating of A, B, C, D, or F for each public elementary and secondary school in this state based on student achievement, achievement gap closure, and student growth. Such ratings shall be based on the state accoun…

(a) An opportunity school may be subject to any of the following intervention models, as determined by the OSD Superintendent: (1) Direct management of the opportunity school by the OSD; (2) Shared governance of the opportunity school by the OSD and the local board of education p…

(a) For opportunity schools other than OSD charter schools, the OSD Superintendent shall set clear goals, empower and equip teachers and school leaders to meet the goals, and hold such teachers and school leaders accountable to meet the goals. The OSD Superintendent shall approve…

(a) In an effort to ensure high quality charter petitions for opportunity schools seeking OSD charter school status, the OSD Superintendent shall: (1) Solicit, screen, and select or approve OSD charter school governing board members; and (2) Assist the OSD charter school governin…

(a) Facilities of qualifying schools that are transferred to the supervision of the OSD as opportunity schools shall come under the control of the OSD. The OSD Superintendent may assign the facility for use by an OSD charter school governing board to operate the opportunity schoo…

(a) An opportunity school shall remain under the supervision of the OSD for a minimum of five consecutive years or, for an OSD charter school, for the term of the initial charter for such school; provided, however, that if an opportunity school earns, for three consecutive years,…

(a) The OSD shall be treated as a single local education agency; provided, however, that opportunity schools that are OSD charter schools shall be treated individually as single local education agencies in accordance with Code Section 20-2-2090. The State Charter Schools Commissi…

(a) Funding for an opportunity school shall be an amount equal to the sum of: (1) QBE formula earnings, QBE grants, and federal grants earned by the school based on the school’s enrollment, school profile, and student characteristics. QBE formula earnings shall include the salary…

(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to waive specifically identified State Board of Education rules, regulations, policies, and procedures, or provisions of Chapter 2 of this title for schools on warning, schools on probation, and qualifying schools not selected as opp…

14 of this title, consisting of Code Sections 20-14-1 through 20-14-15, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 399, § 1, was redesignated as Chapter 15 of this title, consisting of Code Sections 20-15-1 through 20-15-15.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority Act.’’ (Code 1981, § 20-16-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)

Revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the property provided for in Code Section 20-16-5; and the issuance of such revenue bonds sh…

The bonds authorized in this chapter are made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of this state and all municipalities and all political subdivisions; all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business; all banks, ba…

The creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose is in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and is a public purpose, and the authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the power conferred upon …

(a) The Attorney General shall provide legal services for the authority and in connection therewith the provisions of Code Sections 45-15-13 through 45-15-16 shall be fully applicable. (b) The members of the authority shall be accountable in all respects as trustees. The authorit…

Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this chapter shall be brought in the Superior Court of Fulton County; and any action pertaining to validation of any bonds issued under this chapter shall likewise be brought in such court, which shall have exclusive, original jur…

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds, as grants or other contributions, or as revenues, rents, and earnings, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. (…

This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized by this chapter, shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now ex…

This chapter, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. (Code 1981, § 20-16-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 783, § 1/SB 562.)

(a) There is created as a joint committee of the General Assembly the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority Committee to be composed of five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, two of whom shall be members of the minority party, …

(a) As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Authority’’ means the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority. (2) ‘‘Board of regents’’ means the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. (3) Reserved. (4) ‘‘Bonds’’ or ‘‘revenue bonds’’ means any bonds issued by th…

(a) There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority, which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of this state and a public corporation; and by that name, style, and title such body may contract and be contracted w…

The authority shall have power: (1) To have a seal and alter it at pleasure; (2) To acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise and to hold, lease, and dispose of real and personal property of every kind and character for its corporate purposes; (3) To acquire in its own name by pur…

(a) Revenue bonds issued by the authority shall be paid solely from the property (including, but not limited to, real property, fixtures, personal property, revenues, or other funds) pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, assigned, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered to secure or to pay…

(a) Bonds of the authority shall be confirmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of Article 3 of Chapter 82 of Title 36. (b) Bonds issued by the authority may be in such form, either coupon or fully registered, or both coupon and fully registered, and may be subject t…

(a) Subject to the limitations and procedures provided by this Code section and by Code Section 20-16-6, the agreements or instruments executed by the authority may contain such provisions not inconsistent with law as shall be determined by the members of the authority. (b) The p…

The authority may sell its bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority. Whenever the authority shall determine to issue its bonds, it shall request the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission to approve the b…

Revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this chapter. In the discretion of the authority, revenue bonds of a single issue may be …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.’’ (Code 1981, § 20-17-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 377, § 1/SB 227.)

‘‘The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children’’ is enacted into law and entered into by the State of Georgia with any and all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: ‘‘Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Milit…