Title 20 — Education

(a) No later than December 30, 2023, the Professional Standards Commission shall create a financial literacy endorsement for teachers trained in the content standards for financial literacy adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Code Section 20-2-149.4. (b) The Profess…

The commission and the State Board of Education, as appropriate, 951 20-2-2092 shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to facilitate the implementation of this article. Except as otherwise provided in this article, any rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Educa…

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 re…

As used in this article, the term: (1) “Capital outlay” includes, but is not necessarily limited to, expenditures which result in the acquisition of fixed assets, existing buildings, improvements to sites, construction of buildings, construction of additions to buildings, retrofitt…

Subject to appropriations by the General Assembly, the state board shall establish a grant program for qualified charter school contributions. The grant program shall provide one dollar in matching funds up to a maximum amount authorized by the state board for a single charter sch…

If appropriations are made by the General Assembly specifically for this program, the state board shall establish a date certain on which all matching funds shall be committed by a qualified charter school organization in order to be eligible for the state portion provided pursuant…

The state board shall be authorized to promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement and administer the provisions of this article. History. Code 1981, § 20-2-2095.5, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 619, § 1/HB 831. 956 T.20, C.2, A.32 ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUC. 20-2-2…

The Department of Education, the Attorney General, and all other agencies of state government, upon request by the committee, shall assist the committee in the discharge of its duties set forth in this article. The committee may employ staff and may secure the services of consult…

(a) All teachers, principals, other certificated professional personnel, and other personnel of a local unit of administration shall be employed and assigned by its governing board on the recommendation of its executive officer. Minimum qualifications for employment of all personne…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act.” History. Code 1981, § 20-2-2110, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 197, § 1/SB 10.

The General Assembly finds that: (1) Students with disabilities have special needs that merit educational alternatives which will allow students to learn in an appropriate setting and manner; (2) Parents are best equipped to make decisions for their children, including the educati…

As used in this article, the term: (1) “Board” means the State Board of Education. (2) “Department” means the Department of Education. (3) “Parent” means a biological parent, legal guardian, custodian, or other person with legal authority to act on behalf of a child. 960 20-2-211…

(a) The maximum scholarship granted a scholarship student pursu967 20-2-2116 ant to this article shall be an amount equivalent to the costs of the educational program that would have been provided for the student in the resident school system as calculated under Code Section 20-2…

Legislative findings; purpose. Definitions. Annual notification of options available to parents of special needs students. Qualifications for scholarship; financial responsibility; state-wide assessments; exception; compliance. Eligibility requirements for schools participating in sch…

(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a schedule of minimum salaries for services rendered which shall be on a ten-month basis and which shall be paid by local units of administration to the various classifications of professional personnel required to be certificated by…

(a)(1) On and after July 1, 2010, and until such date as may be determined by the State Board of Education that mathematics, science, or both are no longer areas in which there is an insufficient supply of teachers, a secondary school teacher in a local school system who is or be…

(a) If any local board of education furloughs teachers, paraprofessionals, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians, support staff, or other nonadministrative positions during any school year, such local board of education shall not use any state funds to provide a salary 375 2…

(a) The State Board of Education is authorized and directed to devise and implement a pay-for-performance program for rewarding group productivity. By December 31, 1992, and each December 31 thereafter, the State Board of Education shall develop performance criteria which shall b…

As used in this article, the term: (1) “Department” means the Department of Education. (2) “Parent” means a biological parent, legal guardian, custodian, or other person with legal authority to act on behalf of a child. History. Code 1981, § 20-2-2130, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. …

The State Board of Education shall establish a salary schedule for school principals that includes a supplement amount for each principal. The amount of the supplement shall be based on the amount appropriated by the General Assembly for this purpose each year divided by the tota…

(a) The General Assembly finds that the driving force behind attracting quality teachers to a school and creating a culture of learning and respect in the school environment is the school leadership, and particularly, the school principal. The General Assembly further finds that te…

As a condition for receiving funds under this article, it shall be the duty of each local unit of administration to employ and to utilize the services of substitutes for teachers who are absent. It shall be the duty of the local unit of administration to employ substitutes, inclu…

The State Board of Education is authorized and directed to devise a program to provide professional and staff development stipends sufficient to allow eligible licensed personnel, paraprofessionals, and aides to participate in development programs which will enable such employ381…

Salary schedules. Increase in state salary of person selected as Georgia Teacher of the Year; advisory role. Salary increase for persons receiving certification from National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; state payment of program participation fee; repayment; reimburs…

In the event that a local school system furloughs teachers and other school personnel during any school year, such furlough day shall be on a Monday or Friday or in conjunction with a holiday, unless the local board of education provides otherwise. History. Code 1981, § 20-2-221,…

(a) All public school officials and professional personnel certificated by the Professional Standards Commission shall be provided the opportunity to continue their development throughout their professional careers. The primary purpose of the staff development sponsored or offered…

[Repealed] Georgia Education Leadership Academy. [Repealed] Development of plan by local school system. PART 8 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 20-2-240. 20-2-241. 20-2-242. 20-2-243. 20-2-244. 20-2-244.1. Powers and duties.

The State Board of Education shall adopt and prescribe all rules, regulations, and policies required by this article and such other rules, regulations, and policies as may be reasonably necessary or advisable for proper implementation, enforcement, and carrying out of this articl…

(a) The State School Superintendent shall be the executive officer of the State Board of Education and the administrative chief executive officer of the Department of Education. The State School Superintendent is authorized to organize and reorganize the Department of Education a…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Student” means a student who is or was enrolled in a public school in this state. (2) “Substantial hardship” means a significant, unique, and demonstrable economic, technological, legal, or other type of hardship to the student requ…

(a) The State Board of Education shall provide grants to qualified local units of administration for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of an educational program or service within a school, a cluster of schools, system wide, or regionally, subject to appropriation by the G…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “After-school program” means any academic program conducted after regular school hours to serve only: (A) Students who have previously dropped out of school; (B) Students who are in a regular day time school who have previously fail…

(a) It is declared to be the policy of the State of Georgia to assure that every public school student shall be housed in a facility which is structurally sound and well maintained and which has adequate space and equipment to meet each student’s instructional needs as those need…

(a) The State Board of Education shall establish common minimum facility requirements which each public school facility must meet in order to be certified for use in any component of the educational or recreational program of that school. Such minimum requirements shall include th…

(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a state-wide network of regional educational service agencies for the purposes of: providing shared services designed to improve the effectiveness of educational programs and services to local school systems and state charter schoo…

(a) Each board of control shall appoint and contract with a director who shall be the executive officer of the regional educational service agency. The director shall be responsible for the administration of programs and services approved by the board of control, including the Ge…

(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt a student assessment program consisting of instruments, procedures, and policies necessary to implement the program and shall fund all costs of providing and scoring such instruments, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. T…

(a) It is the policy of the State of Georgia that the placement or promotion of a student into a grade, class, or program should be based on an assessment of the academic achievement of the student and a determination of the education setting in which the student is most likely t…

(a) No later than July 1, 2003, each local board of education shall develop and adopt a placement and promotion policy in accordance with the criteria established by the State Board of Education as provided in Code Section 20-2-283 and consistent with the Georgia Academic Placeme…

Common minimum facility requirements. Low-wealth capital outlay grants to local school systems; criteria for eligibility. Grant program to incentivize adoption of digital learning; rules and regulations. 20-2-285.1. 20-2-286. ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLS AND SYSTEMS 20-2-290. REGIONAL…

(a) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the State Board of Education shall establish an innovative assessment pilot program to examine one or more alternate assessment and accountability systems aligned with state academic content standards. The pilot program shall span fro…

(a) The board of education of any local school system is authorized to 454 20-2-290 ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUC. 20-2-291 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 sys…

(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) 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…

In case of a vacancy on the State Board of Education by death, resignation, removal, or from any cause other than the expiration of such member’s term of office, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed by Article VIII, Section II, Paragraph I of the Constitution. His…

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 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…