Georgia Code
Article 2 - Technical and Adult Education
§ 20-4-11. Powers of Board

The State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia shall be empowered to:
History. Code 1981, § 20-4-11 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1252, § 2; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1800, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1603, § 8; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 83; Ga. L. 2001, p. 4, § 20; Ga. L. 2008, p. 335, § 2/SB 435; Ga. L. 2011, p. 632, § 3/HB 49; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 20/HB 942; Ga. L. 2021, p. 576, § 1-1/SB 204; Ga. L. 2022, p. 168, § 5/SB 397.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, inserted “education and” in the middle of the second sentence of paragraph (1) and in subparagraph (2)(B); added the third sentence in paragraph (1); substituted “adult education and literacy” for “adult literacy education” near the end of paragraph (2); substituted the present provisions of division (2)(B)(i) for the former provisions, which read: “One set of standards for public adult literacy providers and another set of standards for private adult literacy providers. The public standards shall be more comprehensive and detailed than the private standards; and”; in division (2)(B)(ii), substituted “state board” for “State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia” near the beginning of the second sentence and added “and” at the end; added division (2)(B)(iii); redesignated the existing provisions of paragraph (10) as subparagraph (10)(A); and added subparagraph (10)(B).
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “by a nationally recognized college and career readiness standard for adult education” for “for a general educational development (GED) diploma” at the end of the first sentence in division (2)(B)(ii).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, a comma was added following “general” near the end of the second sentence of paragraph (1).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, “Establish” was substituted for “To establish” at the beginning of paragraph (8).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000.’ ”
Ga. L. 2021, p. 576, § 1-1/SB 204 purported to add a new paragraph to this Code section but did not.

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