The board of education of any local school system is authorized to organize or reorganize the schools and fix the grade levels to be taught at each school in its jurisdiction. The board of education of any local school system shall be authorized to employ school administrative managers in lieu of or in addition to […]
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 required to finance any portion of the costs for new […]
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 sparsity grant, a local school system shall meet the following conditions: The […]
The provisions of this article and other statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, the State Board of Education is authorized to provide a procedure whereby a student shall, for such compelling reasons and circumstances as may be specified by the state board, be permitted to attend and to be included as an enrolled student in the […]
It is the intent of the General Assembly that students receive academic instruction in permanent classrooms where possible and, further, that students be transported to schools that are within a reasonable distance from the student’s place of residence. In order to allow for hardships imposed by inadequate classroom space and excessive distances, this Code section […]
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. Beginning in school year 2017-2018, a military student in this state shall be allowed to attend any public school that is located within the […]
A local board of education may allow a student who has been enrolled in and attended a public school for more than half of the school year and who moves during the school year to another attendance zone within the local school system to continue to be enrolled in and attend such initial public school […]
