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O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2060 (2019)

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Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Charter Schools Act of 1998.”

History

Code 1981, § 20-2-2060, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1080, § 3.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Complaint based on information/ records of public employer. - Dismissal of a complaint filed by two teachers against a charter school was barred under the Taxpayer Protection Against False Claims Act, O.C.G.A. § 23-3-120 et seq., because the complaint asserted that while employed at the school, the teachers had access to information which led the teachers to believe that the school was violating state and federal laws as to student count

and special education services, which were allegations based upon information or records that the teacher had access to as a result of the teachers’ employment. Campbell v. Cirrus Education, 355 Ga. App. 628, 845 S.E.2d 393, 2020 Ga. App. LEXIS 362 (2020), cert. denied, No. S20C1516, 2021 Ga. LEXIS 231 (Ga. Apr. 5, 2021), cert. denied, No. S20C1515, 2021 Ga. LEXIS 232 (Ga. Apr. 5, 2021).

ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUC.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Validity, construction, and application

of statute or regulation governing charter schools, 78 A.L.R.5th 533.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2011–2023 · leading case: Gwinnett Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Cox, 710 S.E.2d 773 (Ga. 2011).
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Gwinnett Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Cox, 710 S.E.2d 773 (Ga. 2011). · cites it 8× “See OCGA § 20-2-2060 et seq. The 1998 Act authorizes the creation of both "local charter schools" and "state chartered special schools.”
Cobb Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Learning Ctr. Found. of Cent. Cobb, Inc., 821 S.E.2d 127 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “In addition to the specific terms contained in the written charter agreement between the District and the Academy, the parties' relationship was governed by the Charter Schools Act, OCGA § 20-2-2060, et seq. (the "Act"). In its complaint, the Academy alleged that, starting in…”
Day v. Floyd Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 775 S.E.2d 622 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 20-2-2060 et seq. Under the Charter Schools Act, charter schools and charter systems are granted a general waiver exempting them from most state statutory and regulatory schemes that apply to noncharter public schools under Title 20, “Education.”
Atlanta Indep. Sch. Sys. v. Atlanta Neighborhood Charter Sch., Inc., 748 S.E.2d 884 (Ga. 2013). · cites it 2× “This appeal involves interpretation of the Charter Schools Act of 1998 (the “Act”), OCGA § 20-2-2060 et seq., regarding the authority of the Atlanta Independent School System (“APS”) and the Atlanta Board of Education to deduct a $38.”
Greene Cnty. Dev. Auth. v. State of Georgia, 770 S.E.2d 595 (Ga. 2015). · cites it 2× “1 See generally OCGA § 20-2-2060 et seq. (Charter Schools Act of 1998).”
Cobb Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Learning Ctr. Found. of Cent. Cobb, Inc., No. A18A1098 (Ga. Ct. App. Nov. 2, 2018). · cites it 3× “I write separately to note that the charter contract itself is replete with references to the Charter Schools Act of 1998, OCGA § 20-2-2060, et seq., and many of its specific provisions.”
Rebecca Barnes v. Bobby Bearden, No. A19A1665 (Ga. Ct. App. Sept. 23, 2019). · cites it 2× “In Day, we held that a county school system that has become a charter system under the Charter Schools Act of 1988, OCGA § 20-2-2060 et seq.,1 is not subject to the FDA, as a result of which an employee of the charter school system is “not entitled to any of the procedural…”
Susan Campbell v. Cirrus Educ., Inc., 845 S.E.2d 384 (Ga. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “See also OCGA § 20-2-2060 et seq. “The Charter Schools Act was 10 enacted by the General Assembly with the intent to increase student achievement through academic and organizational innovation by encouraging local school systems to utilize the flexibility of a performance based…”
Greene Cnty. Dev. Auth. v. State of Georgia, No. S14A1507 (Ga. Mar. 16, 2015). · cites it 2× “The Authority also proposed a lease agreement with the Academy, whereby the Academy generally would have use of the facility for so long as the indebtedness on the bonds remained outstanding, and the 1 See generally OCGA § 20-2-2060 et seq. (Charter Schools Act of 1998).”
Rebecca Barnes v. Bobby Bearden, 850 S.E.2d 181 (Ga. Ct. App. 2020). “185, § 1-16; OCGA §§ 20-2-2060 & 20-2-2062 through 20-2-2069.”
Dekalb Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Dekalb Agric. Tech. & Env't, Inc., 894 S.E.2d 646 (Ga. Ct. App. 2023). “In August 2020, Appellees filed suit for breach of contract against Appellants, arguing that Appellants had violated the express terms of their respective charter agreements, as well certain provisions of the Charter Schools Act of 1998 (“the Act” or “the Charter Schools Act”),…”
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