Georgia Code
Part 4 - Financing
§ 20-2-168. Distribution of Federal Funds; Combined Purchase of Supplies and Equipment; Minimum School Year; Summer School Programs; Year-Round Operation

A similar process shall be applied to all other instructional programs approved by the state board for year-round operation which are required by this article or by state board policy to use student counts in determining the allotment of funds to local school systems.
(A) That the operation of the program is for 232 official attendance days or more, constituting four quarters or any plan for year-round operation approved by the state board;
(B) That for a student’s first 176 or more days, constituting three quarters or an equivalent plan approved by the state board, attendance shall be on a tuition-free basis; and
History. Code 1981, § 20-2-168 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1657, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1169, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 9, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1269, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 20; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1315, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 20; Ga. L. 2000, p. 792, § 2; Ga. L. 2008, p. 521, § 1/HB 1300; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 20/SB 46; Ga. L. 2009, p. 638, § 2/HB 193; Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 8/HB 706; Ga. L. 2016, p. 605, § 3/HB 739.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, deleted “; provided, further, that local units of administration shall implement textbook adoptions from textbook listings prescribed by the state board pursuant to Article 19 of this chapter within 18 months of the time said textbook listings are provided by the state board” from the end of the first sentence in paragraph (b)(3).
Cross references.
Public and legal holidays, § 1-4-1 .
Editor’s notes.
For application of this statute in 2020 and 2021, see Executive Orders 06.29.20.02, 07.15.20.01, 07.31.20.02, 08.15.20.01, 08.31.20.02, 09.15.20.01, 09.30.20.02, 10.15.20.01, 10.30.20.02, 11.13.20.01, 11.30.20.02, 12.08.20.01, 12.30.20.02, 01.15.21.01, 01.29.21.02, 02.15.21.01, 02.26.21.02, 03.12.21.01, 03.31.21.03, 04.30.21.01, and 05.28.21.02.
A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 and 2021 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.

Structure Georgia Code