Georgia Code
Part 5 - Program Weights and Funding Requirements
§ 20-2-182. Program Weights to Reflect Funds for Payment of Salaries and Benefits; Maximum Class Size; Reporting Requirements; Application to Specific School Years

(c.1) The program weights for the kindergarten and the kindergarten early intervention programs, when multiplied by the base amount, shall reflect sufficient funds to pay the salaries for instructional aides.
For school years 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015 only, the system average maximum class size for each instructional program covered under this paragraph shall be the same as the maximum individual class size for each such program, and local boards of education shall be considered in compliance with this paragraph so long as the system average maximum class size is not exceeded; provided, however, that if the State Board of Education approves a blanket waiver or variance pursuant to subsection (h) of Code Section 20-2-244, such maximum individual class sizes shall be the system average maximum class sizes for purposes of this paragraph.
History. Code 1981, § 20-2-182 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1657, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1169, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 612, § 8; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1412, § 2; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1496, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 847, § 4; Ga. L. 1990, p. 918, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 20; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1531, § 5; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1315, § 4; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 27; Ga. L. 2001, p. 148, § 9; Ga. L. 2003, p. 185, § 4; Ga. L. 2004, p. 107, § 5; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 20/HB 95; Ga. L. 2005, p. 798, § 4/SB 35; Ga. L. 2006, p. 66, § 2/HB 1358; Ga. L. 2007, p. 674, § 2/SB 123; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 20/SB 46; Ga. L. 2010, p. 158, § 3/HB 908; Ga. L. 2011, p. 647, § 4/HB 192; Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 20/HB 142; Ga. L. 2012, p. 355, § 2/SB 404; Ga. L. 2013, p. 1061, § 12/HB 283; Ga. L. 2015, p. 5, § 20/HB 90; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1376, § 15/HB 502.
The 2015 amendments. —
The first 2015 amendment, effective March 13, 2015, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted “pursuant to Code Section 20-2-232” following “Board of Education” at the end of the fourth sentence in subsection (h). The second 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, deleted “middle grades,” following “early intervention” in the middle of subsection (b) and in the middle of the first sentence of subsection (c); and substituted the present provisions of subparagraph (i)(1)(E) for the former provisions, which read: “Middle grades program (6-8) and middle school program (6-8) as defined in Code Section 20-2-290. . . . . .28”.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2000, a comma was deleted following “alternative education” in the first sentence of subsection (c) and an extra comma was deleted following “teachers,” near the middle of subsection (g).
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.’”
Ga. L. 2006, p. 66, § 1/HB 1358, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Truth in Class Size Act.’”
Former subsection (k) was repealed on its own terms effective July 1, 2007.
Law reviews.
For note on the 2003 amendment to this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2003).
For survey article on education law for the period from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 237 (2003).

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