History. Code 1981, § 20-2-2114 , enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 197, § 1/SB 10; Ga. L. 2013, p. 753, § 1/HB 70; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 20/SB 340; Ga. L. 2015, p. 116, § 1/HB 62; Ga. L. 2016, p. 443, § 2-4/SB 367; Ga. L. 2021, p. 541, § 2/SB 47.
The 2014 amendment, effective April 29, 2014, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted “(IEP)” following “Individualized Education Program” in the first sentence of paragraph (a)(3).
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, inserted “provided, however, that the one-year requirement shall not apply if the student’s parent is an active duty military service member stationed in Georgia within the previous year;” at the end of paragraph (a)(1); and rewrote paragraph (a)(3).
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, inserted “or operated by a state charter school on behalf of the Department of Juvenile Justice pursuant to Code Section 20-2-2084.1” near the middle of subsection (d).
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, rewrote paragraph (a)(2); deleted former subparagraph (a)(3)(A), which read: “The student:
“(A) Has spent the prior school year in attendance at a Georgia public school; provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply if the student’s parent is an active duty military service member stationed in Georgia within the previous year; and”; redesignated former subparagraph (a)(3)(B) as present subparagraph (a)(3)(A), and, in subparagraph (a)(3)(A), in the first sentence, substituted “The student has” for “Has” at the beginning, inserted “(IEP)”, substituted “paragraph (2) of this subsection” for “subparagraph (A) of this paragraph” and inserted “or behavioral” in the middle, in the third sentence, deleted “through December 31, 2015,” following “December 31 of each year” and added “or” at the end; added subparagraph (a)(3)(B); substituted “shall establish periodic application deadlines during the school year, which shall occur no less frequently than” for “shall provide application deadline opportunities” in the proviso of paragraph (a)(5); and, in subsection (f), substituted “With respect to local school systems, the acceptance” for “Acceptance” at the beginning, and added “, and a parental waiver of rights to educational accommodations under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C.A. Section 701, et seq.” at the end.
Editor’s notes.
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Law reviews.
For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U. L. Rev. 139 (2016).
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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