O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-167 (2019)

Funding for direct instructional, media center, and

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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staff development costs; computerized uniform budget and accounting system; submission of local budget to state board; provision of certain information by local boards.

(a)(1) The State Board of Education shall annually compute, based upon the initial allotment of funds to each local school system, the total funds needed for direct instructional costs for each program identified in Code Section 20-2-161, specifying the number of positions earned and salaries and operational costs portions. “Direct instructional costs” is defined as those components of the program weights which are specified in subsections (a) through (g) of Code Section 20-2-182. In computing the total funds needed for direct instructional costs for each program, the state board shall apply the percentage that these costs represent of the total costs used in developing the program weights. The direct instructional costs for the five instructional programs for disabled students shall be summed into one amount for special education. Following the midterm adjustment, the state board shall issue allotment sheets for each local school system and each school reflecting the total amount of earnings, initial earnings, and midterm adjustment, if any, for each program authorized by Code Section 20-2-161. For each such program, each local school system shall spend a minimum of 90 percent of funds designated for direct instructional costs on the direct instructional costs of such program at the school site in which the funds were earned, except that funds earned for special education programs shall be summed for the purposes of this expenditure control. For the purposes of this expenditure control, funds earned for counselors and technology specialists shall each be summed to the school level. Only

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the state salary amounts resulting from the amount earned on the state-wide salary schedule as approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to Code Section 20-2-212 plus associated benefits funded by the state and the salaries and any state earned benefits or comparable state earned benefits of technology specialists and classroom aides may be applied to the salary cost components for the purpose of meeting this expenditure control. Except as otherwise provided by law or rule and regulation of the state board, local school systems may decide whether direct instructional funds shall be used for teacher salaries, aide salaries, instructional material or equipment, or any other appropriate direct instructional expense; provided, however, that 100 percent of funds earned for direct instructional salaries shall be expended for salaries of direct instructional personnel and classroom aides. The total number of positions earned for direct instruction as specified in Code Section 20-2-182, adjusted for maximum class size, shall be employed for the delivery of services for which the funds were earned. This position control shall be for the kindergarten program, the kindergarten early intervention program, the primary grades program, and the primary grades early intervention program combined and the combined total for all other programs; provided, however, that positions earned for art, music, foreign language, and physical education, technology specialists, and counselors shall be totaled for all programs. Fractional amounts may be combined and used for any direct instructional position. Funds earned for any fractional amounts may be used for any direct instructional expense. Quality Basic Education Formula funds in excess of the amount required by this paragraph to be expended by a local school system for the direct instructional costs of an instructional program specified by Code Section 20-2-161 which are not expended for direct instructional costs must be returned to the state treasury.

(2) The state board shall annually compute, based upon the initial allotment of funds to each local school system, the total funds needed system wide for media center costs, specifying the salaries and materials cost portions. In computing the total funds needed for media center costs, the state board shall apply the percentage that these costs represent of the total costs used in developing program weights. Following the midterm adjustment, the state board shall issue allotment sheets for each local school system and each school reflecting the total amount of earnings, initial earnings, and midterm adjustment, if any, for each program authorized by Code Section

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1994–2018 · leading case: Cobb Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Learning Ctr. Found. of Cent. Cobb, Inc., 821 S.E.2d 127 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018).

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Cobb Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Learning Ctr. Found. of Cent. Cobb, Inc., 821 S.E.2d 127 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “" Further, the Academy claimed that the District violated OCGA §§ 20-2-167 (a) and 20-2-182 (g), statutes concerning how school funding is computed.”

Powell v. Studstill, 441 S.E.2d 52 (Ga. 1994). · cites it 4× “The trial court also enjoined school consolidation and closure *114 on the ground that the local board had violated OCGA § 20-2-167 (a) (5) when it accumulated monies from unidentified sources which have not been designated to a special account or fund in the budget, .”

Zaneta (Joi) Rainey Lightfoot v. Henry Cnty. Sch. Dist., 771 F.3d 764 (11th Cir. 2014). “Ga.Code Ann. § 20-2-167. School districts must spend at least sixty-five percent of their total operating expenditures on items “directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students,” such as teacher salaries, school supplies, and classroom activities.”

Cobb Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Learning Ctr. Found. of Cent. Cobb, Inc. (Ga. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “” Further, the Academy claimed that the District violated OCGA §§ 20-2-167 (a) and 20-2-182 (g), statutes concerning how school funding is computed.”

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