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O.C.G.A. § 20-2-490 · Municipalities authorized to levy school taxes.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-491 · Performance audit on capital outlay projects funded by sales tax.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-500 · Contracts for purchases authorized of certain supplies, materials, equipment, or agricultural products to give preference to in-state manufacturers or producers; purchases over $100,000.00; vendor preferences.
O.C.G.A. §§ 20-2-501 through 20-2-503 · [Reserved]
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-504 · Authority to contract for pupil transportation.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-505 · Member prohibited from selling school supplies or equipment to county board; penalty.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-505.1 · Board transacting business with bank or similar institution in which member has interest.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-506 · Definitions; authority to enter into multiyear lease, purchase, or lease purchase contracts.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-520 · Acquiring and disposing of school sites; building, repairing, renting, and furnishing schoolhouses.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-521 · Power of condemnation.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-522 · Condemnation procedure.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-540 · Exemption of school property from levy and sale.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-550 · Short title.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-551 · Definitions; when project deemed self-liquidating.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-552 · Creation; members, officers, and staff; quorum; procedural rules and regulations; assignment to Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-553 · Powers of authority.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-554 · Functions and powers of Vocational Trade School Building Authority and School Building Authority for the Deaf and Blind transferred to authority.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-555 · Authority to issue revenue bonds; terms.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-556 · Form of bonds; denominations; place of payment; registration.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-557 · Signing, sealing, and attesting bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-558 · Bonds negotiable.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-559 · Manner of sale and price of bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-560 · Use of bond proceeds; additional bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-561 · Issuance of interim receipts or certificates or temporary bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-562 · Replacement of mutilated, destroyed, or lost bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-563 · Compliance with part sufficient for issuance of bonds; single issue for one or more projects; adoption of bond resolution.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-564 · Bonds not state debt; use of appropriations and other funds for leases from authority; collection of rentals; assignment of payments.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-565 · Trust indentures to secure bonds; contents of indentures or bond resolutions; expenses of carrying out indentures.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-566 · Trustee for bond proceeds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-567 · Sinking fund.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-568 · Remedies of bondholders, receivers, or indenture trustees.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-569 · Refunding bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-570 · Bonds legal investments; depositing bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-571 · Tax exemption of authority’s property, activities, charges, and bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-572 · Procedure for validating bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-573 · Venue and jurisdiction of actions to enforce rights or validate bonds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-574 · Interests of bondholders protected.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-575 · Acceptance of grants and contributions from federal and other sources.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-576 · Moneys received deemed trust funds.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-577 · Fixing rentals, installment payments, and charges for use of projects.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-578 · Authority of state and other boards of education to bargain, sell, transfer, convey, rent, and lease property to authority.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-579 · Rules and regulations for operation of projects.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-580 · Power to issue revenue bonds not affected.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-581 · Part supplemental and additional to other laws.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-582 · Part to be liberally construed.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-600 · Leases of 50 years or less authorized.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-601 · Article applicable to all public school systems.
O.C.G.A. §§ 20-2-620 through 20-2-627 · [Reserved]
O.C.G.A. §§ 20-2-640 through 20-2-650 · [Reserved]
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-660 · Short title.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-661 · Legislative intent and findings.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-662 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-663 · Designation and role of chief privacy officer.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-664 · Role of department.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-665 · Prohibition on the reporting and collection of certain data.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-666 · Activities by operators; limitations.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-667 · Parental and student review of education record; model policies.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-668 · Rules and regulations.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-670 · Requirements for transferring students beyond sixth grade; conditional admission; compliance.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-671 · Transfer students who have committed felony acts; disclosure of act.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-690 · Educational entities; requirements for private schools and home study programs; learning pod protection.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-690.1 · Mandatory education for children between ages six and 16.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-690.2 · Establishment of student attendance and school climate committee; membership; summary of penalties for failure to comply; review and policy recommendations; reporting.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-691 · Minimum annual attendance required; child completing high school exempt.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-692 · General Assembly pages granted excused absences.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-692.1 · Excused absences for days missed to visit with parent or legal guardian in the military prior to deployment or while on leave; attendance at military affairs sponsored events.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-692.2 · Foster care student attending court proceedings related to that student’s foster care to be credited as present at school.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-692.3 · Participation in 4-H activities; attendance credit.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-693 · Exemptions.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-694 · Administration and enforcement of subpart.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-695 · Employing attendance officers in addition to visiting teachers; authority and duties.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-696 · Duties of visiting teachers and attendance officers.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-697 · Cooperation of principals and teachers in public schools with visiting teachers and attendance officers; attendance reports and records kept by public schools; letter indicating enrollment.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-698 · Peace officers may take temporary custody of truant children away from home.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-699 · Disposition of children taken into custody.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-700 · Reports by peace officers to school authorities and parent or guardian.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-701 · Responsibility for reporting truants to juvenile or other courts.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-705 · Parental consent for participation in school clubs and organizations.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-720 · Inspection of students’ records by parents.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-730 · Policies and regulations on use of corporal punishment.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-731 · When and how corporal punishment may be administered.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-732 · When principal or teacher not liable for administering corporal punishment.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-735 · Adoption of policies by local boards to improve student learning environment.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-736 · Student codes of conduct; distribution; disciplinary action for violations; parental involvement.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-737 · Reports by teacher of violations of student code of conduct; notification to parents of support services or disciplinary action.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-738 · Authority of teacher over classroom; procedures following removal of student from classroom; placement review committees.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-739 · Conflict management and resolution; cultural diversity training programs.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-740 · Annual report by local boards of education regarding disciplinary and placement actions; annual study by Department of Education.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-741 · Positive behavorial interventions and supports and response to intervention.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-742 · Multi-tiered system of supports prior to suspension or expulsion for certain students.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-750 · Short title.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-751 · Definitions.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-751.1 · Expulsion and disciplinary policy for students bringing weapons to school.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-751.2 · Students subject to disciplinary orders of other school systems.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-751.3 · [Reserved] Student code of conduct; policy towards disruptive students.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-751.4 · Policies prohibiting bullying; assignment to alternative school; notice.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-751.5 · Student Code of conduct; safety rules on school buses; distribution.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-751.6 · Disciplinary policy for students committing acts of physical violence against teacher, school bus driver, or other school official or employee.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-751.7 · State mandated process for students to follow in reporting instances of alleged inappropriate behavior by teacher or other school personnel; notice of process; training; investigations.
O.C.G.A. § 20-2-752 · Establishment of disciplinary hearing officers, panels, or tribunals for imposition of suspension or expulsion; rules and regulations; appeals.