Georgia Code
Article 31 - Charter Schools Act of 1998
§ 20-2-2068.2. Facilities Grants for Charter Schools; Purposes for Which Grants May Be Used; Upkeep of Charter School Property; Availability of Unused Facilities

History. Code 1981, § 20-2-2068.2 , enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 107, § 19C; Ga. L. 2005, p. 798, § 16/SB 35; Ga. L. 2009, p. 727, § 1/HB 555; Ga. L. 2013, p. 1061, § 31/HB 283; Ga. L. 2015, p. 103, § 1-2/HB 372; Ga. L. 2017, p. 105, § 4/HB 430; Ga. L. 2021, p. 256, § 7/SB 59.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, added subsection (i).
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted the present provisions of subsection (a) for the former provisions, which read: “From moneys specifically appropriated for such purpose, the state board shall create a facilities fund for local charter schools, state chartered special schools, and state charter schools as defined in Code Section 20-2-2081 for the purpose of establishing a per pupil, need based facilities aid program.”; substituted “facilities grants” for “moneys from the facilities fund” in subsection (b) and in the introductory paragraph of (c); substituted “approving grant requests” for “approving requests for funding” in subsection (d); in subsection (e), twice substituted “local school system” for “district” in the first sentence and added the second through fifth sentences; substituted “disbursing facilities grants” for “releasing moneys from the facilities fund” near the beginning of paragraphs (f)(1) through (f)(3); added paragraph (h)(1); designated the existing provisions of subsection (h) as paragraph (h)(2); added paragraph (h)(3); and substituted the present provisions of the last sentence of subsection (i) for the former provisions, which read: “Charter schools shall be subject to all applicable zoning, planning, and building permitting requirements when constructing or renovating a facility.”.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, in paragraph (h)(2), in the second sentence, substituted “terms of a local charter school’s use of a facility owned by a local board of education” for “terms of the use of such a facility by the charter school” near the beginning, and inserted “local” following “between the” in the middle.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 103, § 1-1/HB 372, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This part shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Utopian Academy for the Arts Act.’

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