{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-284","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 20-2-284","heading":"Criteria for local boards of education; model placement and promotion policy.","body":"(a) No later than July 1, 2003, each local board of education shall develop and adopt a placement and promotion policy in accordance with the criteria established by the State Board of Education as provided in Code Section 20-2-283 and consistent with the Georgia Academic Placement and Promotion Policy.\n(b) Except for those end-of-grade assessments specified in Code Section 20-2-283, the placement and promotion policy as developed and adopted by each local board of education shall state how the end-of-grade assessments administered under Code Section 20-2-281 for grades one through eight will be weighted or otherwise utilized by the school principal or the principal’s designee in determining the overall academic achievement of a student and an appropriate plan of accelerated, differentiated, or additional instruction, placement, promotion, or retention of a student.\n(c) To assist each local board of education, the State Board of Education shall develop a model placement and promotion policy which may be utilized by a local board of education.","path":["TITLE 20 Education","CHAPTER 2 Elementary and Secondary Education","Article 6 Quality Basic Education","PART 12 Effectiveness of Educational Programs"],"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":"54729fd13ca68c30a924b3be9c9ffb7bb92574d4e358f9e029a92336463fc21b","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-283","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-20-2-285"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}