GA Code § 20-2-2113 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 33 - Scholarship Program for Special Needs Students|§ 20-2-2113. Annual Notification of Options Available to Parents of Special Needs Students

  The resident school system shall provide specific written notice of the options available under this article to the parent at the initial Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting in which a disability of the parent's child is identified or at the time the child is determined to be eligible for accommodations or services under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Thereafter, the resident school system shall annually notify prior to the beginning of each school year the parent of a student with a disability by letter, electronic means, or by such other reasonable means in a timely manner of the options available to the parent under this article.     The parent may choose for the student to attend another public school within the resident school system which has available space and which has a program with the services agreed to in the student's existing Individualized Education Program or Section 504 Plan. If the parent chooses this option, then the parent shall be responsible for transportation to such school. The student may attend such public school pursuant to this paragraph until the student completes all grades of the school, graduates, or reaches the age of 21, whichever occurs first, in accordance with federal and state requirements for disabled students;   The parent may choose to enroll the student in and transport the student to a public school outside of the student's resident school system which has available space and which has a program with the services agreed to in the student's existing Individualized Education Program or Section 504 Plan. The nonresident public school system may accept the student, and if it does, such system shall report the student for purposes of funding to the department;   The parent may choose for the student to attend one of the state schools for the deaf and blind operated by the State Board of Education, if appropriate for the student's needs. Funding for such students shall be provided in accordance with Code Section 20-2-302; or   The parent may request and receive from the department a scholarship for the student to enroll in and attend a participating private school in accordance with this article.       (Code 1981, §20-2-2113, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 197, § 1/SB 10; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1312, § 1/HB 209; Ga. L. 2021, p. 541, § 1/SB 47.)    The 2015 amendment,  effective July 1, 2015, in subsection (a), added the first sentence and substituted "Thereafter, the" for "The" at the beginning of the present second sentence.    The 2021 amendment,  effective July 1, 2021, added "or at the time the child is determined to be eligible for accommodations or services under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973" at the end of the first sentence of subsection (a); substituted "Individualized Education Program or Section 504 Plan" for "individualized education program" at the end of the first sentence of paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2); and inserted "nonresident" near the beginning of the second sentence of paragraph (b)(2).   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2007, the first paragraph was designated as subsection (a), and paragraphs (1) through (4) were redesignated as paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(4), respectively.