{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-2077","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2077","heading":"[Repealed effective June 30, 2027] Enforcement of face mask wearing requirement prohibited in charter schools.","body":"(a) No governing body of a charter school established pursuant to this article or of a state chartered special school shall make or enforce any rule that requires students to wear face masks or face coverings while present in any area of a school or school grounds or other property owned or operated by the charter school unless such rule provides that a parent or guardian of a child enrolled in such charter school may elect for his or her child to be exempt from such rule. A parent or guardian making such election shall not be required to provide a reason or any certification of the child’s health or education status. No student shall suffer any adverse disciplinary or academic consequences as a result of such election by a parent or guardian.\n(b) No administrator, teacher, or other school personnel while acting within the scope of his or her employment with a charter school established pursuant to this article or a state chartered special school shall make or enforce any rule that requires students to wear face masks or face coverings while present in any area of a school or school grounds or other property owned or operated by the charter school unless such rule provides that a parent or guardian of a child enrolled in such charter school may elect for his or her child to be exempt from such rule. A parent or guardian making such election shall not be required to provide a reason or any certification of the child’s health or education status. No student shall suffer any adverse disciplinary or academic consequences as a result of such election by a parent or guardian.\n(c) This Code section shall not be subject to waivers pursuant to Code Section 20-2-82 for a strategic waivers school system, Code Section 20-2-244 for a local board of education, Code Section 20-2-2063.2 for a charter system, or Code Section 20-2-2065 for a charter school established pursuant to this article or Article 31A of this chapter, a charter system, or schools within a charter system.","path":["TITLE 20 Education","CHAPTER 2 Elementary and Secondary Education","Article 31 Charter Schools Act of 1998"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.20.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"c0320d98ab057785c889d712d5595c1e427eb70b2a9963a43421e88d4d2e67a7","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-2076","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-2080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}