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Georgia · Snapshot Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-1170: Providing false information to obtain free school meals for child; notice on forms; penalty.

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  1. TITLE 20 Education
  2. CHAPTER 2 Elementary and Secondary Education
  3. Article 26 Obtaining School Meals by False Information

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to provide false information on behalf of any school child in order to obtain school meals without charge or at a reduced price for such child or to fail to correct a false impression, if such person knows of such false impression, of an existing fact or set of circumstances which, if not corrected, would otherwise entitle such child to a meal without charge or at a reduced price.

(b) The forms used by any county or independent school system for the purpose of determining the qualifications for free school meals or school meals at a reduced price shall include thereon a statement that supplying false information in the completion of such form is a misdemeanor under Georgia law.

(c) Any person who shall violate this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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