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2025 Code of Georgia
Title 20 - Education (Chs. 1 — 18)
Chapter 1A - Early Care and Learning (Arts. 1 — 2)
Article 1 - General Provisions (§§ 20-1A-1 — 20-1A-18)
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Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 2004, p. 645, § 1, effective October 1, 2004, designated the existing provisions of this chapter as Article 1.
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- § 20-1A-1. Creation
- § 20-1A-2. [Effective July 1, 2026] Definitions
- § 20-1A-3. Board; commissioner; powers and duties
- § 20-1A-4. Department powers and duties
- § 20-1A-4.1. Department authorized to establish nonprofit corporation
- § 20-1A-5. Impact of transfer of operations on members of Teachers Retirement System of Georgia
- § 20-1A-6. Department to succeed to applicable rules and regulations
- § 20-1A-7. Pre-kindergarten program name change to "Georgia's Pre-K Program."
- § 20-1A-8. [Effective July 1, 2026] Transfer to department of certain functions, powers, personnel, equipment, and assets of former Department of Human Resources
- § 20-1A-9. Department to succeed to applicable rights and responsibilities
- § 20-1A-10. [Effective July 1, 2026] Regulation of early care and education programs
- § 20-1A-10.1. Determination of payments and eligibility; notice
- § 20-1A-11. Penalties; notice
- § 20-1A-12. [Effective July 1, 2026] Department authorized to take action upon finding of violation; notice; denial and restriction of applications; settlement; investigations; governmental immunity
- § 20-1A-13. [Effective July 1, 2026] Emergency placement of monitors; emergency closure; notice; hearing
- § 20-1A-14. Variances, waivers, and exemptions
- § 20-1A-15. Inspection warrants; evidence obtained under inspection warrants not competent in criminal proceedings
- § 20-1A-16. Coordination of efforts between departments and agencies
- § 20-1A-17. Transfer of programs from Department of Education
- § 20-1A-18. [Effective July 1, 2026] Information on influenza vaccine and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
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