2020 Georgia Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 17 - Teachers and Other School Personnel
Part 6 - Health Insurance Plans
Subpart 3 - Plan for Public School Employees
§ 20-2-910. Definitions

As used in this subpart, the term:

1. "Board" means the Board of Community Health established under Chapter 2 of Title 31.
2. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of community health established under Chapter 2 of Title 31.
3. "Public school employee" means an "employee" as defined in paragraph (20) of Code Section 47-4-2. "Public school employee" also means classroom aides, paraprofessionals, and noncertified administrative and clerical personnel. It is specifically provided, however, that the term "public school employee" shall not include any emergency or temporary employee or any other employee who works in a position otherwise covered by such term less than 60 percent of the time required to carry out the duties of such position. "Public school employee" also means any person, other than an employee in a professionally certificated capacity or position, employed not less than half time and compensated in a charter school in this state established pursuant to Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 if such charter school elects upon initial approval of its charter or, if such charter school is an existing charter school, elects upon notice by the health insurance plan provided in this part or upon the expiration of its current health care plan to participate in the health insurance plan established pursuant to this subpart. Notwithstanding this definition or any other provision of this subpart, the board may, by regulation, make available to employees who work 17 1/2 hours or more per week such benefits as are required to be made available to such employees by regulations of the United States Internal Revenue Service or any other federal authority.
4. "Qualified entity" means any person, association, corporation, or other legal entity with which the board is authorized under Chapter 18 of Title 45 to contract.

(Ga. L. 1975, p. 1194, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1538, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 896, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 16; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1146, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 296, § 26; Ga. L. 2008, p. 612, § 2/HB 1277; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-7/HB 228.)

- Georgia Laws 1982, p. 896, § 1, effective July 1, 1982, amended Ga. L. 1975, p. 1194, § 1, as amended, the basis for this Code section, by adding a provision regarding the applicability of the term "public school employee" to emergency or temporary employees. However, the 1982 Act did not specifically amend this Code section. Furthermore, since Ga. L. 1975, p. 1194, § 1 stood repealed on November 1, 1982 (see Code Section 1-1-10(a)(2)), the 1982 amendment was of no effect after that date. The provisions of Ga. L. 1982, p. 896, § 1 were substantially reenacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 16, and codified as an amendment to this Code section.

Cited in Live Oak Consulting, Inc. v. Dep't of Cmty. Health, 281 Ga. App. 791, 637 S.E.2d 455 (2006).