2025 Code of Georgia
Title 20 - Education (Chs. 1 — 18)
Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education (Arts. 1 — 34)
Article 31 - Charter Schools (§§ 20-2-2060 — 20-2-2077)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.Ga. L. 1998, p. 1080, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall be applicable to all petitions filed on or after July 1, 1998.
Research References & Practice Aids
Cross references.Membership in the Teachers Retirement System, § 47-3-60 et seq.
Local charter schools and state chartered special schools as capital outlay project, § 48-8-144.
State Tort Claims, § 50-21-1 et seq.
Administrative rules and regulations.Charter School Implementation Grants, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Department of Education, Grant Programs, Rule 160-1-4-.255.
Charter School Dissemination Grants, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Department of Education, Grant Programs, Rule 160-1-4-.267.
Charter schools and charter systems definitions, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Education, Innovative Projects, Sec. 160-4-9-.04.
Exemptions, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Bright from the Start Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, Child Care Learning Centers, Rule 591-1-1-.46.
Rules of State Charter Schools Commission of Georgia, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rule 691-1-.01 et seq.
Law reviews.For review of 1998 legislation relating to education, see 15 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 101 (1998).
For article, “Having it Both Ways: How Charter Schools Try to Obtain Funding of Public Schools and the Autonomy of Private Schools,” see 63 Emory L. J. 303 (2013).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d.68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 3, 12.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 20
O. C. G. A. Title 20, Ch. 2
- § 20-2-2060. Short title
- § 20-2-2061. Legislative intent
- § 20-2-2062. Definitions
- § 20-2-2063. [Effective July 1, 2026] Charter petitions; dropout recovery charter school
- § 20-2-2063.1. Charter Advisory Committee
- § 20-2-2063.2. [Effective July 1, 2026] Charter systems; amendment and termination provisions for high-risk state charter schools
- § 20-2-2063.3. Code of principles and standards for charter school authorizers and dropout recovery charter schools; report
- § 20-2-2064. [Effective July 1, 2026] Approval or denial of petition
- § 20-2-2064.1. [Effective July 1, 2026] Review of charter by state board; charters for state chartered special schools
- § 20-2-2064.2. [Effective July 1, 2026] (Repealed effective July 1, 2035.) Promotion of approval of new local charter school petitions; incentive grants
- § 20-2-2065. Waiver of provisions of this title; requirements for operating; control and management
- § 20-2-2066. Admission, enrollment, and withdrawal of students
- § 20-2-2067. Reprisals by local boards or school system employees prohibited
- § 20-2-2067.1. Amendment of terms of charter for charter school; initial term of charter; annual report
- § 20-2-2068. Termination of a charter
- § 20-2-2068.1. [Effective July 1, 2026] Charter school funding
- § 20-2-2068.2. Facilities grants for charter schools; purposes for which grants may be used; upkeep of charter school property; availability of unused facilities
- § 20-2-2069. [Effective July 1, 2026] Office of Charter School Compliance; Office of District Flexibility
- § 20-2-2070. Annual report
- § 20-2-2071. Validity of charters in effect on July 1, 1998
- § 20-2-2072. Training for governing board members
- § 20-2-2073. Charter schools financial management certification program
- § 20-2-2074. Simultaneous service of certain officers prohibited
- § 20-2-2075. Grant program for replicating high-performing charter schools
- § 20-2-2076. [Repealed] Annual report on state chartered special schools that offer virtual instruction; requirements; publication on website
- § 20-2-2077. [Repealed effective June 30, 2027] Enforcement of face mask wearing requirement prohibited in charter schools