History. Code 1981, § 20-2-2113 , enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 197, § 1/SB 10; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1312, § 1/HB 209; Ga. L. 2021, p. 541, § 1/SB 47.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, in subsection (a), added the first sentence and substituted “Thereafter, the” for “The” at the beginning of the present second sentence.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, added “or at the time the child is determined to be eligible for accommodations or services under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973” at the end of the first sentence of subsection (a); substituted “Individualized Education Program or Section 504 Plan” for “individualized education program” at the end of the first sentence of paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2); and inserted “nonresident” near the beginning of the second sentence of paragraph (b)(2).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2007, the first paragraph was designated as subsection (a), and paragraphs (1) through (4) were redesignated as paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(4), respectively.
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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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