Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 20-1A-4. Powers and Duties

The Department of Early Care and Learning shall have the following powers and duties:
History. Code 1981, § 20-1A-4 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1083, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 645, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-10/HB 228; Ga. L. 2010, p. 9, § 1-45/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2013, p. 135, § 3/HB 354; Ga. L. 2015, p. 965, § 1/HB 401; Ga. L. 2019, p. 919, § 5-4/HB 553; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 20/HB 497.
The 2015 amendment, effective January 1, 2016, substituted “education program” for “learning program” in the first sentence of paragraph (9); deleted “and” at the end of paragraph (12); substituted “; and” for the period at the end of paragraph (13); and added paragraph (14).
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted the present provisions of paragraph (6) for the former provisions, which read: “To perform the functions set out in Code Section 20-1A-64, relating to improvement of the quality, availability, and affordability of child care in this state;”.
The 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation near the middle of the fourth sentence of paragraph (9).
Editor’s notes.
For application of this statute in 2020, see Executive Orders 08.31.20.02, 09.15.20.01, and 09.30.20.02.
A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 and 2021 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.

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