O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-4-14 (2019)

Technical College System of Georgia established; powers and duties

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

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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(a) There is established the Technical College System of Georgia, formerly known as the Department of Technical and Adult Education. (b) The system shall exercise state level leadership, management, and operational control over schools, programs, and services authorized in this article and Article 3 of this chapter. (c) The Technical College System of Georgia shall be empowered to: (1) Approve occupational programs below the baccalaureate level; provided, however, any courses to be transferable to units of the University System of Georgia shall be approved by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; (2) Receive and hold title to property, equipment, money, and materials; (3) Operate instructional services projects, also known as student live work projects, in those occupational areas which require specific skills or competency mastery that can best be obtained or demonstrated in a laboratory environment with clients, real items, or projects, including, but not limited to, carpentry, child care, aviation, welding, and automotive repair, and, in connection with such projects:

(A) Receive, retain, and utilize donations, fees, and moneys generated as a result of the sale of such services or projects; (B) Retain any unexpended student live work funds from year to year; (C) Expend retained student live work funds for any student live work project or for the benefit of instructional programs at the technical institute; and (D) Acquire, improve, and sell real or personal property in connection with student live work projects, provided that all acquisitions and sales of real property in connection with student live work projects shall be approved by the state board; (4) Solicit and receive funds from the general public, corporate underwriters, and foundations; (5) Contract with other state, federal, or local public or private schools and other entities, individuals, or other legal entities for the provision of programmatic or administrative services or activities the system deems necessary; and (6) Administer and supervise programs in accordance with standards, rules, regulations, and policies of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia.

History

(Code 1981, § 20-4-14, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1252, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 784, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 335, § 1/SB 435; Ga. L. 2011, p. 632, § 3/HB 49; Ga. L. 2012, p. 775, § 20/HB 942.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Coosa Valley Tech. College v. West, 299 Ga. App. 171, 682 S.E.2d 187 (2009). OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarities of the statutory provisions, an opinion under former Code 1933, Ch. 40-19 is included in the annotations for this Code section. Contract for skilled services negotiable, or let by competitive bid. - Contract for necessary skilled services in

repairing and maintaining school equipment and installations may be negotiated or let by competitive bid by the State Board of Education as may be deemed necessary and advisable under the particular circumstances. 1960-61 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 179 (decided under former Code 1933, Ch. 40-19).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 45, 78, 86 et seq., 110, 114. C.J.S. - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School

Districts, §§ 103 et seq., 507 et seq. 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 726.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2009–2025 · leading case: Coosa Valley Technical Coll. v. West, 682 S.E.2d 187 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).

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Coosa Valley Technical Coll. v. West, 682 S.E.2d 187 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4× “OCGA § 20-4-14 (b). We reject any suggestion by the dissent, in footnote 5, that Elliott might qualify as a State officer or employee because she was a “volunteer participating as a volunteer, with or *176 without compensation, in a structured volunteer program organized,…”

Richard Bowers & Co. v. Clairmont Place, LLC, 751 S.E.2d 481 (Ga. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 20-4-14 (a); Coosa Valley Technical Coll.”

Technical Coll. Sys. v. McGruder, 756 S.E.2d 702 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “Accordingly, the trial court did not err by affirming the Board’s decision that ATC was required to pay McGruder TTD benefits after she stopped working the light-duty position.”

Smith v. Columbus Technical Coll. (M.D. Ga. 2025). · cites it 4× “See O.C.G.A. § 20-4-14(b)-(c) (establishing the System as a statewide department to provide technical education).”

Ranson-dillard v. Technical Coll. Sys. of Georgia (M.D. Ga. 2021). · cites it 2× “11, 2013) (“TCSG is an agency, thus an instrumentality, of the State.”). Accordingly, TCSG’s immunity shields it from Plaintiff’s ADA and ADEA claims, and they are dismissed.”

Richard Bowers & Co. v. Clairmont Place, LLC (Ga. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 20-4-14 (a); Coosa Valley Technical Coll.”

Technical Coll. Sys. of Georgia v. Sharon L. McGruder (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 20-4-14 (b). pursuant to Rule 240 (c) (i) of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation.”

— 20-4-14(b) — 2 cases

Coosa Valley Technical Coll. v. West, 682 S.E.2d 187 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009). “OCGA § 20-4-14 (b). We reject any suggestion by the dissent, in footnote 5, that Elliott might qualify as a State officer or employee because she was a “volunteer participating as a volunteer, with or *176 without compensation, in a structured volunteer program organized,…”

Smith v. Columbus Technical Coll. (M.D. Ga. 2025). “See O.C.G.A. § 20-4-14(b)-(c) (establishing the System as a statewide department to provide technical education).”

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