Georgia Code
Part 4 - Financing
§ 20-2-171. Minimum Direct Classroom Expenditures; Waivers; Sanctions for Noncompliance; Submission of Budget and Expenditure Information; Rules and Regulations

History. Code 1981, § 20-2-171 , enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 56, § 2/SB 390; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 20/SB 46; Ga. L. 2013, p. 1061, § 33/HB 283; Ga. L. 2015, p. 21, § 3/HB 91.
The 2015 amendment, effective March 30, 2015, substituted “end-of-grade assessments, end-of-course assessments,” for “criterion-referenced competency tests, the Georgia High School Graduation Test,” in the middle of the last sentence of paragraph (b)(3).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2006, p. 56, § 1/SB 390, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Classrooms First for Georgia Act.’”
Law reviews.
For article on 2006 enactment of this Code section, see 23 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 119 (2006).

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 20 - Education

Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education

Article 6 - Quality Basic Education

Part 4 - Financing

§ 20-2-160. Determination of Enrollment by Institutional Program; Determination of Funds to Be Appropriated

§ 20-2-161. Quality Basic Education Formula

§ 20-2-161.2. Work Based Learning Programs; Legislative Intent; Participation; Standards; Coordination; Funding

§ 20-2-161.3. Dual Enrollment Act; Purpose; Dual Credit Courses; Eligibility for Participation; Eligibility for Payment

§ 20-2-162. Annual Recalculation of Amount of Funding; Midterm Adjustment

§ 20-2-164. Local Five Mill Share Funds

§ 20-2-165. Equalization Grants; Annual Calculation; Allocation

§ 20-2-165.1. Charter System Earnings for Each Full-Time Equivalent Student; Use of Funds

§ 20-2-166. State Funds; Calculation; Allotment; Distribution

§ 20-2-167. Funding for Direct Instructional, Media Center, and Staff Development Costs; Computerized Uniform Budget and Accounting System; Submission of Local Budget to State Board; Provision of Certain Information by Local Boards

§ 20-2-167.1. Public Meetings on Proposed Annual Operating Budget; Notice; Electronic Copies; Exception for Certain Nonprofits

§ 20-2-167.2. Virtual Instruction Through Virtual Schools; No Waivers

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

§ 20-2-169. Receipt of Federal Funds for Career, Occupational, or Technical Education

§ 20-2-170. Authority to Withhold Payment of Bonded Indebtedness From Appropriation

§ 20-2-171. Minimum Direct Classroom Expenditures; Waivers; Sanctions for Noncompliance; Submission of Budget and Expenditure Information; Rules and Regulations