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O.C.G.A. § 20-2-694 — Administration and enforcement of subpart | Georgia Code
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TITLE 20 EDUCATION

Section 2. Elementary and Secondary Education, 20-2-1 through 20-2-2180.

ARTICLE 16 STUDENTS

20-2-694. Administration and enforcement of subpart.

It shall be the duty of each county and independent school system board of education, each local school superintendent within the state, and the Department of Education to administer this subpart and to secure its enforcement in cooperation with the other state and county agencies and in cooperation with the administrators of private schools and parents or guardians providing a home study program.The Department of Education shall coordinate with boards of education and local school superintendents regarding administration of this part with respect to students in home study programs.

(Ga. L. 1945, p. 343, § 4; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1266, § 3; Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 32/HB 706; Ga. L. 2012, p. 648, § 4/HB 39.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2012, p. 648, § 6/HB 39, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment by that Act shall apply beginning with school year 2012-2013.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Provisions neither authorize nor prohibit parents from sending children to school during teacher's absence.

- Former visiting Teacher's Law neither authorizes nor prohibits a school from directing the parents of children whose teacher is absent not to send the parents' children to school during the teacher's absence. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 331.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 271 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 1025.

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