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GA Code § 20-1-15 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1A - Caregiver Educational Consent|§ 20-1-15. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Child" means any individual under 18 years of age.   "Fictive kin" means an individual who is known to a child as a relative but is not in fact related by blood or marriage to such child and with whom such child has resided or had significant contact.   "Kinship caregiver" means a grandparent, great-grandparent, aunt, uncle, great aunt, great uncle, cousin, sibling, or fictive kin who has assumed responsibility for raising a child in an informal, noncustodial, or guardianship capacity upon the parents or legal custodians of such child:   Losing or abdicating the ability to care for such child; or   Being unable to ensure that the child will attend school for reasons, including, but not limited to:   A parent or legal custodian being unable to provide care due to the death of a parent or legal custodian;   A serious illness or terminal illness of a parent or legal custodian;   The physical or mental condition of the parents or legal custodians such that proper care and supervision of the child cannot be provided;   The incarceration of a parent or legal custodian;   The inability to locate the parents or legal custodians;   The loss or uninhabitability of the child's home as the result of a natural disaster; or   A period of active military duty of the parents or legal custodians exceeding 24 months.       "Legal custodian" means a person who has been awarded permanent custody of a child by court order.   "Parent" means the legal father or the legal mother of a child.   "Reasonable efforts" means actions that a reasonable individual would find sufficient to determine whether one conclusion is more likely than the other.     (Code 1981, §20-1-15, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 113, § 2/SB 186; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 20/SB 52.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted the subsection (a) designation at the beginning of this Code section and substituted "a person who" for "a person that" in paragraph (4).
GA Code § 20-1-16 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1A - Caregiver Educational Consent|§ 20-1-16. Kinship Caregiver Authorized to Provide Legal Consent

  A kinship caregiver shall be authorized, on behalf of a child residing with the kinship caregiver, which child is not in the custody of the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services, to give legal consent for such child to:   Receive any educational services;   Receive medical services directly related to academic enrollment; or   Participate in any curricular or extracurricular activities  for which parental consent is usually required by executing the affidavit described in Code Section 20-1-18. The affidavit shall not be valid for more than one year after the date on which it is executed.      Upon transmitting to a school an executed affidavit described in Code Section 20-1-18, the kinship caregiver shall serve as the school's point of contact for the child regarding truancy, discipline, and educational progress for as long as such affidavit shall continue to be in effect.   The decision of a kinship caregiver to consent to or refuse educational services or medical services directly related to academic enrollment or any curricular or extracurricular activities for a child residing with the kinship caregiver shall be superseded by any contravening decision of a parent or a person having legal custody of the child, provided that the decision of the parent or legal custodian does not jeopardize the life, health, safety, or welfare of the child.   Reasonable efforts shall be made by the kinship caregiver to locate at least one of the child's parents prior to the notarization and submission of the affidavit set forth in Code Section 20-1-18.   Nothing in this Code section shall apply to, or give authority for, an abortion as provided in Code Section 15-11-682 or any other provision of law.     (Code 1981, §20-1-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 113, § 2/SB 186.)
GA Code § 20-1-17 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1A - Caregiver Educational Consent|§ 20-1-17. Reliance on Properly Executed Affidavit; Notice of Child Ceasing to Reside With Kinship Caregiver; Provision of False Information in Execution of Affidavit

  No person who acts in good faith reliance on a properly executed kinship caregiver's affidavit, having no actual knowledge of any facts contrary to those stated in the affidavit, shall be subject to civil liability or criminal prosecution, or to professional disciplinary procedure, for any action which would have been proper if the facts had been as they believed them to be. This subsection shall apply even if educational services or medical services directly related to academic enrollment or any curricular or extracurricular activities are rendered to a child in contravention of the wishes of the parent or legal custodian of such child; provided, however, that the person rendering the educational services or medical services directly related to academic enrollment or any curricular or extracurricular activities shall not have actual knowledge of the wishes of the parent or legal custodian.   A person who relies on a properly executed kinship caregiver's affidavit has no obligation to make further inquiry or investigation. Nothing in this article shall relieve any person of responsibility for violations of other provisions of law, rules, or regulations.   If a child ceases to reside with a kinship caregiver for a period in excess of 30 days, such kinship caregiver shall, not later than 30 days after such period, notify all parties to whom he or she has transmitted the affidavit or to whom he or she has caused the affidavit to be transmitted.   Any individual who knowingly provides false information in executing the affidavit required by this article commits the offense of false swearing within the meaning of Code Section 16-10-71 and shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by such Code section.     (Code 1981, §20-1-17, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 113, § 2/SB 186; Ga. L. 2019, p. 1056, § 20/SB 52.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective May 12, 2019, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "person who" for "person that" at the beginning of subsections (a) and (b).
GA Code § 20-1-18 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1A - Caregiver Educational Consent|§ 20-1-18. Requirements for Validly Executed Affidavit; Form

  A kinship caregiver's affidavit shall be invalid unless it substantially contains, in not less than ten-point boldface type or a reasonable equivalent thereof, the form set forth in subsection (b) of this Code section. The warning statement shall be enclosed in a box with three-point rule lines.   The kinship caregiver's affidavit shall be substantially in the following form:  INSTRUCTIONS: Please print clearly.   I hereby certify that the child named below lives in my home and I am 18 years of age or older.   1. Name of child: _______________________________________________________   2. Child's date of birth: _______________________________________________   3. My full name (kinship caregiver giving authorization): _______________   4. My home address: _____________________________________________________   5. [ ] I am a kinship caregiver.   6. I have assumed kinship caregiver status because of one or more of the following circumstances (check at least one):   [ ] A parent being unable to provide care due to the death of the other parent;   [ ] A serious illness or terminal illness of a parent;   [ ] The physical or mental condition of the parent or the child such that proper care and supervision of the child cannot be provided by the parent;   [ ] The incarceration of a parent;   [ ] The loss or uninhabitability of the child's home as the result of a natural disaster;   [ ] A period of active military duty of a parent exceeding 24 months; or   [ ] I am unable to locate a parent or parents at this time to notify them of my intended authorization because (list reasons):   _________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________.   7. Names of parent(s) or legal custodian(s): ____________________________   8. Address of parent(s) or legal custodian(s): __________________________   9. Phone numbers and email addresses of parent(s) or legal custodian(s):   _________________________________________________________________________   10. Kinship caregiver's date of birth: __________________________________   11. Kinship caregiver's State of Georgia driver's license number or identification card number: _______________________________________________________   WARNING: DO NOT SIGN THIS FORM IF ANY OF THE STATEMENTS ABOVE ARE INCORRECT OR YOU WILL BE COMMITTING A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY A FINE, IMPRISONMENT, OR BOTH.   I recognize that if I knowingly and willfully make a false statement in this affidavit, I will be guilty of the crime of false swearing.   ________________________________
GA Code § 20-1-19 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1A - Caregiver Educational Consent|§ 20-1-19. Article Does Not Supersede "Supporting and Strengthening Families Act"

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to supersede Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 19, the "Supporting and Strengthening Families Act."    (Code 1981, §20-1-19, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 113, § 2/SB 186.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2020, "Supporting and Strengthening Families Act" was substituted for "Power of Attorney for the Care of a Minor Child Act" in the section heading and text.
GA Code § 20-1-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Drug-Free Postsecondary Education Act|§ 20-1-20. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Drug-free Postsecondary Education Act of 1990."    (Code 1981, §20-1-20, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2037, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-1-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Drug-Free Postsecondary Education Act|§ 20-1-21. Legislative Findings and Intent

 The General Assembly finds that the manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, or use of marijuana, controlled substances, or dangerous drugs in an unlawful manner is a serious threat to the public health, safety, and welfare and to the academic achievement of students enrolled in the public and nonpublic colleges, universities, and postsecondary technical institutes of this state. It is declared to be a primary purpose and goal of this state, of all of its agencies and instrumentalities, and of all of its public officials and employees to take all reasonable steps possible to eradicate the unlawful manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, and use of marijuana, controlled substances, and dangerous drugs. With this purpose in mind, the General Assembly declares that the public and nonpublic colleges, universities, and postsecondary technical institutes in this state must be absolutely free of any person who would knowingly manufacture, distribute, sell, possess, or use marijuana, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug in an unlawful manner. For this reason, the General Assembly enacts this article.    (Code 1981, §20-1-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2037, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-1-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Drug-Free Postsecondary Education Act|§ 20-1-22. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Authority" means the Georgia Student Finance Authority created pursuant to Code Section 20-3-313.   "Controlled substance" means any drug, substance, or immediate precursor included in the definition of the term "controlled substance" in paragraph (4) of Code Section 16-13-21.   "Convicted" or "conviction" refers to a plea of guilty, a finding of guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction, or the acceptance of a plea of nolo contendere or affording of first offender treatment by a court of competent jurisdiction, irrespective of the pendency or availability of any appeal or application for collateral relief.   "Dangerous drug" means any drug or substance defined as such under Code Section 16-13-71.   "Date of conviction" means the date that the trial court determines guilt and enters judgment thereon or the date on which the court accepts a plea of nolo contendere or formally allows a person to receive first offender treatment.   "Marijuana" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in paragraph (16) of Code Section 16-13-21.   "Nonpublic educational institution" means any postsecondary educational institution not established, operated, or governed by the State of Georgia.   "Public educational institution" means:   Any two-year college, college, university, or other institution of higher learning under the management and control of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; and   Any postsecondary technical school under the management and control of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia.     "Student" means any person who is enrolled as a student in courses for academic credit on a full-time, part-time, temporary, or intermittent basis in any public or nonpublic educational institution.     (Code 1981, §20-1-22, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2037, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 632, § 3/HB 49.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1990, the word "on" was inserted following "academic credit" in paragraph (9).
GA Code § 20-1-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Drug-Free Postsecondary Education Act|§ 20-1-23. Disciplinary Action for Student of Public Educational Institution

 Any student of a public educational institution who is convicted, under the laws of this state, the United States, or any other state, of any felony offense involving the manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, or use of marijuana, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug shall as of the date of conviction be suspended from the public educational institution in which such person is enrolled. Except for cases in which the institution has previously taken disciplinary action against a student for the same offense, such suspension shall be effective as of the date of conviction, even though the educational institution may not complete all administrative actions necessary to implement such suspension until a later date. Except for cases in which the institution has already imposed disciplinary sanctions for the same offense, suchsuspension shall continue through the end of the term, quarter, semester, or other similar period for which the student was enrolled as of the date of conviction. The student shall forfeit any right to any academic credit otherwise earned or earnable for such term, quarter, semester, or other similar period; and the educational institution shall subsequently revoke any such academic credit which is granted prior to the completion of administrative actions necessary to implement such suspension.    (Code 1981, §20-1-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2037, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Conviction of felony after end of academic period.    - Although the Drug-free Postsecondary Education Act of 1990, O.C.G.A. § 20-1-20 et seq., does not require the suspension of a student convicted of a felony involving the illegal use of drugs when the conviction occurs after the end of an academic period but prior to the commencement of the following academic period, the policy manual of the board of regents would permit such disciplinary action during the pendency of criminal charges or after final conviction. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-21.
GA Code § 20-1-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Drug-Free Postsecondary Education Act|§ 20-1-24. Disciplinary Action for Student of Nonpublic Educational Institution

  Any student of a nonpublic educational institution who is convicted, under the laws of this state, the United States, or any other state, of any felony offense involving the manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, or use of marijuana, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug shall as of the date of conviction be denied state funds for any loans, grants, or scholarships administered under the authority of Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 3 of this title, the "Georgia Student Finance Authority Act," or similar loans, grants, or scholarships, including but not limited to Georgia Higher Education Loan Program loans, student incentive grants, or tuition equalization grants. The authority is authorized to define such terms and prescribe such rules, regulations, and procedures as may be reasonable and necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.   Such denial of state funds shall be effective as of the first day of the term, quarter, semester, or other similar period for which the student was enrolled immediately following the date of conviction or the date on which the court accepts a plea of nolo contendere or formally allows a student to receive first offender treatment and shall continue through the end of such term, quarter, semester, or other similar period for which the student was enrolled. Any nonpublic educational institution operating within this state that receives state funds shall agree to comply with this article in order to be eligible for its students to receive state funds through scholarships, grants, or loan programs.     (Code 1981, §20-1-24, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2037, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 20.)
GA Code § 20-1-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Drug-Free Postsecondary Education Act|§ 20-1-25. Additional Sanctions Permissible

 The suspension sanctions and sanctions involving denial of state funds as prescribed in this article are intended as minimum sanctions, and nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit any educational institution from establishing and implementing additional or more stringent sanctions for felony offenses and other conduct involving the unlawful manufacture, distribution, sale, possession, or use of marijuana, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug.    (Code 1981, §20-1-25, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2037, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Conviction of felony after end of academic period.    - Although the Drug-free Postsecondary Education Act of 1990, O.C.G.A. § 20-1-20 et seq., does not require the suspension of a student convicted of a felony involving the illegal use of drugs when the conviction occurs after the end of an academic period but prior to the commencement of the following academic period, the policy manual of the board of regents would permit such disciplinary action during the pendency of criminal charges or after final conviction. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-21.
GA Code § 20-1-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Drug-Free Postsecondary Education Act|§ 20-1-26. Promulgation of Administrative Procedures for Implementation of Article

 Administrative procedures for the implementation of this article shall be promulgated for the educational institutions under their respective management and control by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia or the individual nonpublic educational institutions. Such procedures shall provide for relief from sanctions previously imposed under this article against a person whose conviction is subsequently overturned on appeal or through collateral relief.    (Code 1981, §20-1-26, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2037, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 632, § 3/HB 49.)
GA Code § 20-1-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 2 - Drug-Free Postsecondary Education Act|§ 20-1-27. Applicability of Article

 This article shall apply only with respect to felony offenses committed on or after July 1, 1990; provided, however, that nothing in this Code section shall prevent any educational institution from implementing sanctions additional to or other than those provided for in this article with respect to offenses committed prior to July 1, 1990.    (Code 1981, §20-1-27, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2037, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-1-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 3 - Mandatory Reporting of Hazing|§ 20-1-30. Establishment of School Policies on Hazing; Public Disclosure of Incidents; Confidentiality of Student Information

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Hazing" shall have the same meaning as provided for under Code Section 16-5-61.   "School" shall have the same meaning as provided for under Code Section 16-5-61.   "School organization" shall have the same meaning as provided for under Code Section 16-5-61.   "Student" shall have the same meaning as provided for under Code Section 16-5-61.     Not later than July 1, 2021, each school shall establish policies to facilitate the:   Reporting, investigation, provision of due process, and administrative adjudication of alleged incidents of hazing as related to students and student organizations; and   Public disclosure of administrative adjudications of hazing or hazing related convictions within 15 calendar days of final adjudication or public notice of criminal conviction.     The public disclosure of each incident of hazing adjudicated pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section, criminal convictions for hazing pursuant to Code Section 16-5-61, and other criminal convictions arising from any incident of hazing shall require the following minimum information be posted prominently on the school's website for a period of not less than five years after final adjudication or conviction:   The name of any school organization involved;   The date or dates on which the hazing occurred; and   A description of the specific hazing related findings, sanctions, adjudications, and convictions for any person or school organization.     Public disclosure provided pursuant to subsection (c) of this Code section shall not include the personal identifying information of any individual student and shall be subject to the requirements of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 USC 1232g.     (Code 1981, §20-1-30, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 206, § 3/SB 85.)
GA Code § 20-1A-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 1A - Early Care and Learning|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-1A-1. Creation

 The Department of Early Care and Learning is created as a department of the executive branch of state government and shall have the duties, responsibilities, functions, powers, and authority set forth in this chapter and otherwise provided by law. The Department of Early Care and Learning is the successor to the Office of School Readiness and shall have the duties, responsibilities, functions, powers, authority, employees, office equipment, furniture, and other assets formerly held by the Office of School Readiness. The Department of Early Care and Learning shall be a separate budget unit.    (Code 1981, §20-1A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 645, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 965, § 1/HB 401.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2015, p. 965, § 1/HB 401, effective January 1, 2016, reenacted this Code section without change.   Law reviews.   - For review of 1996 education legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 160 (1996).