2016 Georgia Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 14 - Education Accountability
Article 3 - Opportunity School District
§ 20-14-108. (For effective date, see note.) School facility management

(a) Facilities of qualifying schools that are transferred to the supervision of the OSD as opportunity schools shall come under the control of the OSD. The OSD Superintendent may assign the facility for use by an OSD charter school governing board to operate the opportunity school. The OSD or the OSD charter school governing board shall be responsible for paying the pro-rata bond indebtedness of the school. The contents of the facility, including but not limited to textbooks, technology, media resources, instructional equipment, and all other resources shall remain with the facility and be available for use by the opportunity school. In the event that the OSD Superintendent closes a qualifying school, the local board of education shall not use the facility to open a school with the same grade span or attendance zone that is substantially the same for three years.

(b) The OSD or OSD charter school governing board shall be responsible for the routine maintenance and repair of the facilities and property, such that they are maintained in the same manner prior to the school's transition to the OSD. The OSD or OSD charter school governing board shall be responsible for reasonable costs for all utilities at an opportunity school as provided in subsection (d) of Code Section 20-14-105.

(c) The local board of education shall continue to be responsible for extensive repairs, as determined by the State Properties Commission, to buildings or facilities considered capital expenses. Any fixtures, improvements, or tangible assets added to a school building or facility by the OSD while the school is an opportunity school shall remain with the school building or facility upon its return to the control of the local board of education pursuant to Code Section 20-14-109.