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GA Code § 20-2-2117 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 33 - Scholarship Program for Special Needs Students|§ 20-2-2117. Adoption and Promulgation of Rules; Immunity From Liability for Scholarship Decisions; Schools May Be Barred From Program Participation for Certain Actions

  The board shall adopt rules to administer the program regarding eligibility and participation of participating schools, including, but not limited to, timelines that will maximize student and public and private school participation, the calculation and distribution of scholarships to eligible students and participating schools, and the application and approval procedures for eligible students and participating schools. The department shall develop and utilize a compliance form for completion by participating schools. The department shall be authorized to require any pertinent information as it deems necessary from participating schools for the purpose of implementing the program. Participating schools shall be required to complete such forms and certify their accuracy.   The board shall adopt rules to administer the program regarding student eligibility, transparency, and awareness of the impact of the program, including, but not limited to, the following:   The department shall conduct an annual survey of participating parents' satisfaction with the program, their satisfaction with the private school, and their likelihood of recommending the program. Survey results shall be collected using only numerical measures and made publicly available in the annual report provided for in Code Section 20-2-2118; and   The department shall post on its publicly accessible website the basic unit cost for general instructional programs as a minimum estimate for scholarship amounts. The department shall provide parents of scholarship students the actual scholarship amounts upon appropriation of state funds to the department for disbursement. Within 30 calendar days of receipt of the actual scholarship amount, a parent of a scholarship student who believes that such student's program weights have been incorrectly reported by the local school system may make a request in writing to the department for a review of the accuracy of the local school system's reported program weights. The department shall provide a written response within 30 days of receipt of the parent's written request.     No liability shall arise on the part of the department or the state or of any local board of education based on the award or use of a scholarship awarded pursuant to this article.   The department may bar a school from participation in the program if the department determines that the school has intentionally and substantially misrepresented information or failed to refund to the state any scholarship overpayments in a timely manner.     (Code 1981, §20-2-2117, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 197, § 1/SB 10; Ga. L. 2008, p. 324, § 20/SB 455; Ga. L. 2021, p. 541, § 4/SB 47.)    The 2021 amendment,  effective July 1, 2021, added subsection (b), and redesignated former subsections (b) and (c) as present subsections (c) and (d), respectively.
GA Code § 20-2-2118 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 33 - Scholarship Program for Special Needs Students|§ 20-2-2118. Annual Report

 The Office of Student Achievement, in conjunction with the department, shall provide the General Assembly not later than December 1 of each year with a report regarding the scholarship program for the previous fiscal year. The report shall include, but not be limited to, numbers and demographics of students participating and numbers of participating schools. Such report shall also be posted on the Office of Student Achievement's website.    (Code 1981, §20-2-2118, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 197, § 1/SB 10.)
GA Code § 20-2-2130 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 34 - Intradistrict Transfers|§ 20-2-2130. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Department" means the Department of Education.   "Parent" means a biological parent, legal guardian, custodian, or other person with legal authority to act on behalf of a child.     (Code 1981, §20-2-2130, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 782, § 1/HB 251.)
GA Code § 20-2-2131 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 34 - Intradistrict Transfers|§ 20-2-2131. Enrollment of Students in School to Which Not Originally Assigned; Procedure; Annual Notification; Exception

    Beginning in school year 2009-2010, the parent of a student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in this state may elect to enroll such student in a public school that is located within the school system in which the student resides other than the one to which the student has been assigned by the local board of education if such school has classroom space available after its assigned students have been enrolled. The parent shall assume the responsibility and cost of transportation of the student to and from the school.   No later than July 1, 2009, each local school system shall establish a universal, streamlined process available to all students to implement the transfer requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection.   A student who transfers to another school pursuant to this subsection may, at his or her election, continue to attend such school until the student completes all grades of the school.   This subsection shall not be construed to affect any student currently attending a school other than the school to which the student has been assigned by the local board of education pursuant to a transfer authorized under the federal No Child Left Behind Act (P.L. 107-110).     The department shall establish a model universal, streamlined process to implement the transfer provisions of this Code section. Each local board of education shall adopt a universal, streamlined transfer process that includes, at a minimum, such state model. Such local process shall include a deadline for submitting transfer requests.   Each local school system shall annually notify prior to each school year the parents of each student by letter, electronic means, or by such other reasonable means in a timely manner of the options available to parents under this article, including all relevant dates and deadlines. As a part of such annual notification process, each local school system shall post in a prominent location on its website the information required pursuant to this Code section.   The local school system shall notify parents by July 1 of each year which schools have available space and to which of these schools parents may choose to request a transfer for their children.   This Code section shall not apply to charter schools.   This Code section shall not apply to newly opened schools with available classroom space for a period of four years after the school opens.     (Code 1981, §20-2-2131, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 782, § 1/HB 251; Ga. L. 2020, p. 584, § 2/HB 755.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective January 1, 2021, in subsection (c), substituted "to parents" for "to the parent", inserted ", including all relevant dates and deadlines", and added the last sentence.
GA Code § 20-2-2140 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 35 - Education of Military Dependents|§ 20-2-2140. Through 20-2-2180

 Repealed by Ga. L. 2012, p. 377, § 2/SB 227, effective July 1, 2012.   Editor's notes.   - This article consisted of Code Sections 20-2-2140 through 20-2-2141 (Part 1), 20-2-2150 through 20-2-2151 (Part 2), 20-2-2160 through 20-2-2164 (Part 3), 20-2-2170 through 20-2-2171 (Part 4), 20-2-2180 (Part 5), relating to education of military dependents, and was based on Ga. L. 2009, p. 853, § 1/SB 114.   Ga. L. 2012, p. 377, § 1/SB 227 provides that the repeal of this article becomes effective only upon legislative enactment of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children into law by no less than ten of the states. As of July 1, 2012, 42 states have enacted this compact into law.
GA Code § 20-3-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 1 - Generally|§ 20-3-1. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the term:    "Board of regents" or "board" means the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.   "University system" or "system" means the University System of Georgia.
GA Code § 20-3-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 3 - Regulation of Private Degree-Granting Institutions|§ 20-3-100. Through 20-3-120

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1166, § 4, effective April 10, 1991.   Editor's notes.   - This article, which consisted of Code Sections 20-3-100 through 20-3-120, regulating private degree-granting institutions, was based on Ga. L. 1978, p. 1571, §§ 1-21; Ga. L. 1981, p. 899, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 20; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1120, §§ 1-7. For new provisions as to nonprofit, postsecondary educational institutions, see Code Section 20-3-250.1 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-130 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 4 - Junior Colleges|§ 20-3-130. Short Title; Name of Junior College System

 This article shall be known as the "Junior College Act of 1958," and the system established by this article shall be known as the "Junior College Program of the State of Georgia."   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 47, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - By resolution (Ga. L. 1985, p. 598), the General Assembly expressed its approval of the acquisition of DeKalb Junior College by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and the operation of the college as a unit of the University System of Georgia.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 1.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 1.
GA Code § 20-3-131 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 4 - Junior Colleges|§ 20-3-131. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Junior college" means a community educational institution constructed and operated by a local operating authority which shall offer a course of study extending beyond the high school level providing either preparation for further college or completion of education, or both, provided that an institution which otherwise would fall under this definition shall not be excluded solely because it offers courses below a college level if such courses are strictly remedial in nature.   "Local operating authority" means any city, county, county school system, independent school system, or other political subdivision of the state created for college purposes and possessing the power to tax, which shall possess requisite powers under the Constitution and laws of this state to establish a college, or any combination of two or more of the political subdivisions enumerated in this paragraph which may be authorized under law to utilize the provisions of this article.    (Ga. L. 1958, p. 47, § 2; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 53; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 20; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 20; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 20.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 1.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 1.   ALR.   - Liability of university, college, or other school for failure to protect student from crime, 1 A.L.R.4th 1099.
GA Code § 20-3-132 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 4 - Junior Colleges|§ 20-3-132. Authority to Establish and Maintain Junior Colleges

 Every city, county, county school system, independent school system, or other political subdivision of the state possessing a power to tax, which shall possess the requisite powers under the Constitution and laws of this state may either alone or in combination with any other such city, county, county school system, independent school system, or other political subdivision of the state establish, maintain, and operate one or more junior colleges under the terms of and subject to this article.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 47, § 3; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 53; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 20.)   Cross references.   - Health insurance coverage for retired former employees of community colleges operated by a local school system, § 20-2-915.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Sheppard v. DeKalb County Bd. of Educ., 220 Ga. 219, 138 S.E.2d 271 (1964).
GA Code § 20-3-133 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 4 - Junior Colleges|§ 20-3-133. Payments From Regents to Local Operating Authorities; Local Support From Fees and Taxes; Audits

 There shall be paid to every local operating authority which shall have established a junior college under this article, upon which construction had commenced prior to January 1, 1964, and which is not operated as a unit of the university system under the board of regents an amount which shall be determined on the basis of a budget for each fiscal year, developed pursuant to a formula agreed upon by the local operating authority, the director of the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office, the director of the House Budget and Research Office, and the director of the Office of Planning and Budget. Budgets prepared pursuant to this authority shall be for expenses incurred by a junior college for educational and general expenditures as set forth in the latest edition of the publication entitled "College and University Business Administration." Such formula shall include financial participation from the local operating authority to include student matriculation fees and funds derived from not less than a one-half nor more than a three-fourths mill tax established by the local operating authority on the ad valorem tax digest of its political subdivision. No state funds shall be appropriated for capital construction. Expenditure under this article shall be audited annually by the Department of Audits and Accounts.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 47, § 5; Ga. L. 1964, p. 686, §§ 2, 6; Ga. L. 1970, p. 645, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 538, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 522, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. VO1, § 1-11/HB 529; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 20/SB 340.)    The 2014 amendment,  effective April 29, 2014, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "Senate Budget and Evaluation Office" for "Senate Budget Office" and substituted "House Budget and Research Office" for "House Budget Office" in the first sentence of this Code section.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2008, p. VO1, which amended this Code section, was passed by the General Assembly as HB 529 at the 2007 regular session but vetoed by the Governor on May 30, 2007. The General Assembly overrode that veto on January 28, 2008, and the Act became effective on that date.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Section provides a state subsidy only to junior colleges  which are operated by governmental subdivisions of the State of Georgia. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 392.
GA Code § 20-3-134 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 4 - Junior Colleges|§ 20-3-134. Regents to Fix Policies and Standards; Inspections and Supervision; Withholding State Funds From Substandard Junior Colleges

 The board of regents shall adopt rules and regulations fixing policies and standards entitling the local operating authority to receive state aid for the support of junior colleges and shall have authority to make such inspections and supervision as shall be necessary to ensure that such policies and standards are met as prescribed by the board. If there has been a failure to comply with such policies and standards by any such junior college, the board shall have authority to withhold or terminate the payment of any state funds which would otherwise be due under the terms of this article.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 47, § 6; Ga. L. 1964, p. 686, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 5.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-135 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 4 - Junior Colleges|§ 20-3-135. State Funds Limited to Payments by Regents

 The sum provided for in Code Section 20-3-133 shall be the only direct financial contribution which the state shall make toward the establishment, maintenance, and operation of any junior college or colleges established under the terms of this article.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 47, § 7; Ga. L. 1964, p. 686, §§ 3, 6.)
GA Code § 20-3-136 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 4 - Junior Colleges|§ 20-3-136. Power to Condemn Private Property for School and Educational Purposes Unaffected

 Nothing contained in this article shall repeal or amend any of the provisions of Code Sections 20-2-521 and 20-2-522, authorizing county boards of education and certain independent and public school systems to condemn private property for school purposes and for any public educational program which is now or may be hereafter authorized by law.   (Ga. L. 1964, p. 686, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Eminent domain: possibility of overcoming specific obstacles to contemplated use as element in determining existence of necessary public use, 22 A.L.R.4th 840.
GA Code § 20-3-150 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 5 - Georgia Education Authority (University)|§ 20-3-150. Short Title

 This article may be cited as the "Georgia Education Authority (University) Act."   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 869, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 3.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-152 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 5 - Georgia Education Authority (University)|§ 20-3-152. Creation; Members, Officers, and Staff; Quorum; Procedural Rules and Regulations; Assignment to Department of Administrative Services

  There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Education Authority (University), which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of this state and a public corporation; and by that name, style, and title said body may contract and be contracted with, bring and defend actions, and implead and be impleaded. The authority shall consist of six members, as follows: the Governor, an appointee of the Governor who is not the Attorney General, the state auditor, the chairman of the board of regents, the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, and the chancellor of the university system.   The authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and another as vice-chairman and a secretary and treasurer, who need not necessarily be a member of the authority but who shall be the same as the secretary and treasurer of the Georgia Education Authority (Schools). The majority of the members of the authority shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of the quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority. The members of the authority shall not be entitled to compensation for their services but shall be entitled to and shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The staff of the authority shall be the same as the staff of the Georgia Education Authority (Schools). The authority shall make rules and regulations for its own government. It shall have perpetual existence. Any change in name or composition of the authority shall in no way affect the vested rights of any person under the provisions of this article or impair the obligations of any contracts existing under this article.   The authority is assigned to the Department of Administrative Services for administrative purposes only as prescribed in Code Section 50-4-3.    (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009, § 2; Ga. L. 1959, p. 30, § 2; Ga. L. 1959, p. 362, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 869, § 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 414; Ga. L. 1988, p. 426, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1577, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, § 3.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-154 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 5 - Georgia Education Authority (University)|§ 20-3-154. Authority to Issue Revenue Bonds; Terms

 The authority or any authority or body which has or which may in the future succeed to the powers, duties, and liabilities vested in the authority created by this article shall have power at one time or from time to time to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds of the authority for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost, as defined in this article, of any one project or combination of projects. The principal and interest of such revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund provided in this article for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated; shall bear interest at such rate or rates as may be determined by the authority, payable semiannually; shall mature at such time or times not exceeding 30 years from their date or dates, except that "Georgia Education Authority (University) Student Housing Revenue Bonds" may mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their date or dates; shall be payable in such medium of payment as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the authority; and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009, § 5; Ga. L. 1951, p. 44, § 1; Ga. L. 1952, p. 116, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 887, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 37, § 1; Ga. L. 1964, p. 310, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Revenue bonds generally, § 36-82-60 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, § 110.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, §§ 6 et seq., 12 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-155 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 5 - Georgia Education Authority (University)|§ 20-3-155. Form of Bonds; Denominations; Place of Payment; Registration

 The authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest thereof, which may be at any bank or trust company within or outside the state. The bonds may be issued in coupon or registered form, or both, as the authority may determine; and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bond as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1009, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 9, 163, 164.   C.J.S.   - 11 C.J.S., Bonds, § 9.