In the event a local school system consolidates an elementary, a middle, or a high school which is smaller than the minimum size specified in subsection (q) of Code Section 20-2-260 for that respective school with one or more other schools of the same school level within the same local school system, resulting in the consolidated school or schools being at least as large as the minimum size specified in subsection (q) of Code Section 20-2-260 or containing all the students within the local school system for the respective school level: the local school system shall be required to finance one-half the costs that the local school system would otherwise be required to finance under the provisions of Code Section 20-2-260 for any new construction or any renovation of existing facilities needed to effectuate such consolidation of schools.
History. Code 1981, § 20-2-291 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1657, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1169, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1325, § 2.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 6 - Quality Basic Education
Part 13 - Organization of Schools and Systems
§ 20-2-290. Organization of Schools; Employment of School Administrative Managers
§ 20-2-291. Financing Construction of Facilities for Voluntary Consolidation
§ 20-2-293. Student Attending School in System Other Than System of Student’s Residence
§ 20-2-294. Permanent Classrooms; Student Commuting Distance; Reassignment; Cost of Transportation
§ 20-2-295. Military Student Transfers
§ 20-2-296. Continued Enrollment in Public School Under Certain Circumstances