O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-270 (2019)

Establishment of state-wide network

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a state-wide network of regional educational service agencies for the purposes of: providing shared services designed to improve the effectiveness of educational programs and services to local school systems and state charter schools; providing instructional programs directly to selected public school students in the state; and providing Georgia Learning Resources System services. The regional educational service agencies established by the state board may legally be referred to as “RESA” or “RESA’s.”

(b) The State Board of Education shall establish the service area of each regional educational service agency as a geographically defined area of the state. All local school systems, state charter schools, Technical College System of Georgia facilities and institutions, and University System of Georgia facilities and institutions that are located in the designated geographical area shall be members of that regional educational service agency.

(c) Every state supported postsecondary institution shall be an active member of a regional educational service agency.

(d) Each regional educational service agency and its employees shall be subject to or exempt from taxation in the same manner as are school systems and school system employees.

(e) All employees and volunteers of a regional educational service agency shall be immune from liability to the same extent as are employees and volunteers of a school system.

(f) Regional educational service agencies are not state agencies but shall be considered local units of administration for purposes of this chapter.

History

Code 1981, § 20-2-270, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1657, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1169, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1972, § 4; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1302, § 17; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1340, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1062, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 44; Ga. L. 2008, p. 335, § 2/SB 435;

Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 20/HB 706; Ga. L. 2018, p. 650, § 1/HB 787.

Annotations

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.’”

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Regional agencies not state agencies. - Regional educational service agencies are not state agencies and, therefore, are not public employers under

O.C.G.A. § 45-1-4, the whistleblower statute. North Ga. Reg’l Educ. Serv. Agency v. Weaver, 272 Ga. 289, 527 S.E.2d 864, 2000 Ga. LEXIS 216 (2000).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2009 · leading case: King v. Pioneer Reg'l Educ. Serv. Agency, 688 S.E.2d 7 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).
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King v. Pioneer Reg'l Educ. Serv. Agency, 688 S.E.2d 7 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 8× “See OCGA § 20-2-270 (a). In essence, Pioneer RESA acts as the *549 equivalent of a local school district and has administrative responsibilities, including those of fiscal agent, for the schools within its designated geographical area.”
North Georgia Reg'l Educ. Serv. Agency v. Weaver, 527 S.E.2d 864 (Ga. 2000). · cites it 4× “Laws 1657,1741 (codified at OCGA § 20-2-270). 7 See OCGA § 20-2-270. 8 See Ga.”
Weaver v. North Georgia Reg'l Educ. Serv. Agency, 517 S.E.2d 794 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 20-2-270 (a). It directly implements state educational programs within its administrative area of responsibility, and it obtains a substantial part of its operational funds from the state.”
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King v. Pioneer Reg'l Educ. Serv. Agency, 688 S.E.2d 7 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009). “See OCGA § 20-2-270 (a). In essence, Pioneer RESA acts as the *549 equivalent of a local school district and has administrative responsibilities, including those of fiscal agent, for the schools within its designated geographical area.”
— 20-2-270(b) — 1 case
King v. Pioneer Reg'l Educ. Serv. Agency, 688 S.E.2d 7 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009). “See OCGA § 20-2-270 (a). In essence, Pioneer RESA acts as the *549 equivalent of a local school district and has administrative responsibilities, including those of fiscal agent, for the schools within its designated geographical area.”
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