2025 Code of Georgia
Title 20 - Education (Chs. 1 — 18)
Chapter 4 - Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (Arts. 1 — 10)
Article 2 - Technical and Adult Education (§§ 20-4-10 — 20-4-39.2)
Annotations
Notes
Editor’s notes.The former article, relating to state area trade schools, consisted of Code Sections 20-4-20 through 20-4-26, was based on Ga. L. 1945, p. 229, §§ 1-6; Ga. L. 1976, p. 506, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code Enactment Act), and was repealed by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1252, § 2, effective July 1, 1988.
Opinion Notes
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Editor’s notes.In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under former Ga. L. 1945, p. 229, §§ 1-6; Ga. L. 1976, p. 506, § 1; and Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8 (Code Enactment Act), which were subsequently repealed but were succeeded by provisions in this article, are included in the annotations for this article.
Area vocational schools classified as “schools”. —While such terms as “school” and “educational institution” are descriptive terms and are not really susceptible of precise definition, the area vocational schools maintained and operated by the State Board of Education would be classified as “schools” under any definition of the term. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-14 (decided under former Ga. L. 1945, p. 229; see also 1984 Op. Att’y Gen. 84-43).
State trade and technical school not subject to taxation. —State trade and technical school is legal, providing that such schools are set up for and on behalf of the state and providing for their operation from state appropriations makes such a school an instrumentality of the state and, as such, the school is not subject to state or federal taxation. 1945-47 Ga. Op. Att'y Gen. 195 (decided under former Ga. L. 1945, p. 229).
Research References & Practice Aids
Administrative rules and regulations.Grants of Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rule 668-1-.01 et seq.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 20
O. C. G. A. Title 20, Ch. 4
- § 20-4-10. State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia established; members; officers
- § 20-4-11. Powers of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia
- § 20-4-11.1. Public forum areas of campus; prohibition on limitation of free speech through establishment of "free speech zones."
- § 20-4-12. Expenses and mileage allowance
- § 20-4-13. Meetings
- § 20-4-14. Technical College System of Georgia established; powers and duties
- § 20-4-15. Establishment of adult literacy programs; eligibility; office of adult literacy
- § 20-4-16. Funding
- § 20-4-17. [Effective July 1, 2026] Agencies to receive federal funds; transfer of personnel to Department of Technical and Adult Education, now known as Technical College System of Georgia; preparation of combined Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Plan and Perkins State Plan; approval; submission; distribution
- § 20-4-18. Management and control of adult literacy and postsecondary technical education programs and schools
- § 20-4-19. Conformity to board standards, policies, and procedures
- § 20-4-20. Agreements for awarding transferable postsecondary course credits authorized and encouraged
- § 20-4-21. Tuition fees
- § 20-4-21.1. [Repealed effective July 1, 2031] Nonlapsing revenue of institutions under the Technical College System of Georgia
- § 20-4-22. Management and control of quick start program
- § 20-4-23. Retention of nonstate funds by postsecondary technical school converted to state management
- § 20-4-24. Use of personnel by local units of administration
- § 20-4-25. Membership in retirement system of professional personnel employed on or after July 1, 1985, and nonprofessional personnel employed after July 1, 1987
- § 20-4-26. Membership in retirement system of employees of schools formerly operated by local board of education or area postsecondary technical education board
- § 20-4-27. Service classification
- § 20-4-28. Compensation of employees of schools appointed after July 1, 1987, or when system assumes governance
- § 20-4-29. Salary and benefit plan of employees of schools formerly operated by local board of education or area postsecondary technical education board
- § 20-4-30. Compensation of classified employees electing to become unclassified
- § 20-4-31. Initial sick and annual leave
- § 20-4-32. Accrual of sick leave
- § 20-4-33. Days off with pay; accrual of annual leave
- § 20-4-34. Rights and benefits of former employees of State Board of Postsecondary Vocational Education
- § 20-4-35. Reduction in force policy
- § 20-4-36. Cooperation with study to identify problems in obtaining alternative formats for textbooks used by students with disabilities
- § 20-4-37. [Effective July 1, 2026] Office of College and Career Academies; powers and duties
- § 20-4-38. Academic credit for military training and experience
- § 20-4-39. Power of campus police and security personnel employed by Technical College System of Georgia to make arrests
- § 20-4-39.1. Discrimination and harassment; complaints and investigations; confidentiality
- § 20-4-39.2. [Effective July 1, 2026] Accessibility to opioid antagonists on technical college system property or at technical college systems sponsored activities
