History. Ga. L. 1976, p. 966, § 5; Code 1981, § 20-2-984 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 836, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1546, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1332, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2365, § 5; Ga. L. 1998, p. 750, § 6; Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 37/HB 706; Ga. L. 2021, p. 261, § 4/SB 88; Ga. L. 2022, p. 136, § 1-5/HB 1084.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, inserted “, including, but not limited to, the alternative and nontraditional teacher certification programs provided for in Code Section 20-2-206” in paragraph (a)(3); substituted the present provisions of paragraph (b)(2) for the former provisions, which read: “Approval of teacher education programs, both graduate and undergraduate;”; and added “, including, but not limited to, programs designed to promote increased student enrollment in and completion of teacher education programs offered at historically black colleges and universities in this state” at the end of paragraph (b)(4).
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, in subsection (a), added the first proviso following “Georgia”, and substituted the second proviso for “including the following”.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2022, p. 136, § 1-1/HB 1084, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Protect Students First Act.’