Georgia Code
Part 4 - Financing
§ 20-2-161. Quality Basic Education Formula

The process and associated components contained within this Code section shall be known as the “Quality Basic Education Formula.”
History. Code 1981, § 20-2-161 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1657, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1169, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 847, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1531, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 701, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1302, § 15; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 20; Ga. L. 1996, p. 494, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1422, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1520, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 21; Ga. L. 2001, p. 148, § 5; Ga. L. 2005, p. 798, § 1/SB 35; Ga. L. 2008, p. 216, § 1/HB 1335; Ga. L. 2013, p. 1061, § 9/HB 283; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1376, § 13/HB 502; Ga. L. 2019, p. 321, § 1/HB 527.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, deleted former paragraph (b)(7), which read: “(7) Middle grades program (6-8) ..... 1.0186 weight and 1 to 23 ratio”; redesignated former paragraphs (8) through (19) as present paragraphs (7) through (18), respectively; deleted “as defined in Code Section 20-2-290” following “(6-8)” in paragraph (7); and deleted former subsection (b.1), which read: “Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section and the requirements of Code Section 20-2-290, beginning July 1, 2014, a nonvirtual middle school shall have the funding weight included in paragraph (8) of subsection (b) of this Code section for the middle school program, regardless of whether such middle school meets the requirements of Code Section 20-2-290.”
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “1.6724” for “1.6508” in paragraph (b)(1); substituted “2.0678” for “2.0348” in paragraph (b)(2); substituted “1.2948” for “1.2849” in paragraph (b)(3); substituted “1.8180” for “1.7931” in paragraph (b)(4); substituted “1.0390” for “1.0355” in paragraph (b)(5); substituted “1.8125” for “1.7867” in paragraph (b)(6); substituted “1.1380” for “1.1310” in paragraph (b)(7); substituted “1.1830” for “1.1916” in paragraph (b)(9); substituted “2.4118” for “2.3798” in paragraph (b)(10); substituted “2.8402” for “2.7883” in paragraph (b)(11); substituted “3.6188” for “3.5493” in paragraph (b)(12); substituted “5.8710” for “5.7509” in paragraph (b)(13); substituted “2.4737” for “2.4511” in paragraph (b)(14); substituted “1.6794” for “1.6589” in paragraph (b)(15); substituted “1.3576” for “1.3087” in paragraph (b)(16); substituted “1.4881” for “1.4711” in paragraph (b)(17); and substituted “2.5892” for “2.5049” in paragraph (b)(18).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, “persons with disabilities” was substituted for “the handicapped” in paragraphs (b)(8) through (b)(11) (now paragraphs (b)(11) through (b)(14)).
The amendment of this Code section by Ga. L. 1996, p. 494, § 2, irreconcilably conflicted with and was treated as superseded by Ga. L. 1996, p. 1422, § 2. See County of Butts v. Strahan, 151 Ga. 417 (1921).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000.’”
Law reviews.
For survey article on education law for the period from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 237 (2003).
For article, “SB 47: Eligibility Expansion for the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program,” see 38 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 83 (2021).

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