Georgia Code
Part 3 - Accountability Assessment
§ 20-14-41. Appropriate Levels of Intervention for Failing Schools; Master or Management Team; School Improvement Team; Annual Reports; Data Revision; Hearing

At its discretion, the State Board of Education shall also be authorized to impose additional restrictions or mandates on schools subject to this subsection, as deemed appropriate by the State Board of Education and in accordance with its rules and regulations.
History. Code 1981, § 20-14-41 , enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 93; Ga. L. 2004, p. 107, § 21; Ga. L. 2005, p. 798, § 21/SB 35; Ga. L. 2012, p. 341, § 4/SB 410; Ga. L. 2017, p. 75, § 3-5/HB 338; Ga. L. 2020, p. 62, § 2-3/SB 68.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, added subsection (h).
The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, substituted “Chief Turnaround Officer” for “State Board of Education” in paragraphs (h)(1) and (h)(2), substituted “this Code section” for “Section 20-14-41” at the end of paragraph (h)(1), and deleted a comma following “year” in paragraph (h)(2).
Editor’s notes.
The constitutional amendment proposed in Ga. L. 2015, p. 92, § 2/SB 133, which would have repealed this Code section, was defeated in the general election held November 8, 2016.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 92, § 2/SB 133 provides for the repeal of this Code section, effective January 1, 2017, only if an amendment to the Constitution is ratified at the November, 2016, general election expressly allowing the General Assembly to authorize the establishment of an Opportunity School District to provide for state intervention for failing schools.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 92, § 6/SB 133, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “(a) This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2017, only if an amendment to the Constitution is ratified at the November, 2016, general election expressly allowing the General Assembly to authorize the establishment of an Opportunity School District to provide for state intervention for failing schools.
“(b) If such an amendment to the Constitution is not so ratified, then this Act shall not become effective and shall stand repealed by operation of law on January 1, 2017.”
Ga. L. 2017, p. 75, § 1-1/HB 338, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘First Priority Act — Helping Turnaround Schools Put Students First.’”
Law reviews.
For note and comment, “School Choice: Constitutionality and Possibility in Georgia,” see 24 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 587 (2007).
For article on the 2015 proposed repeal of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 115 (2015).
For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 169 (2017).

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