History. Code 1981, § 30-1-5 , enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1636, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 241, § 1/HB 655; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, §§ 2-2, 2-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2018, p. 899, § 1/HB 844.
The 2018 amendment, effective May 8, 2018, rewrote subsections (a) and (b) and added subsections (c) through (h).
Cross references.
Special education services, § 20-2-152 .
Deaf Child’s Bill of Rights, § 20-2-152.1 .
Editor’s notes.
By resolution (Ga. L. 1993, p. 1961), the General Assembly created the Joint Study Committee on Creation of a State Department, Commission, or Agency of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, to be abolished December 31, 1993.