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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 20 - EDUCATION

CHAPTER 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
ARTICLE 35 - EDUCATION OF MILITARY DEPENDENTS
PART 4 - ELIGIBILITY
§ 20-2-2170 - Acceptance of special power of attorney and authority of guardian or person standing in loco parentis; no charge for tuition; jurisdictional requirements for school attendance

O.C.G.A. 20-2-2170 (2010)
20-2-2170. Acceptance of special power of attorney and authority of guardian or person standing in loco parentis; no charge for tuition; jurisdictional requirements for school attendance


(a) Special power of attorney, relative to the guardianship of a child of a military family and executed under applicable law, shall be sufficient for the purposes of enrollment and all other actions requiring parental participation and consent.

(b) A local school system shall be prohibited from charging local tuition to a transitioning military child placed in the care of a noncustodial parent or other person standing in loco parentis who lives in a jurisdiction other than that of the custodial parent.

(c) A transitioning military child, placed in the care of a noncustodial parent or other person standing in loco parentis who lives in a jurisdiction other than that of the custodial parent, may continue to attend the school in which he or she was enrolled while residing with the custodial parent.