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Georgia Code Title 20. Education § 20-2-2131

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) Beginning in school year 2009-2010, the parent of a student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in this state may elect to enroll such student in a public school that is located within the school system in which the student resides other than the one to which the student has been assigned by the local board of education if such school has classroom space available after its assigned students have been enrolled. The parent shall assume the responsibility and cost of transportation of the student to and from the school.

(2) No later than July 1, 2009, each local school system shall establish a universal, streamlined process available to all students to implement the transfer requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(3) A student who transfers to another school pursuant to this subsection may, at his or her election, continue to attend such school until the student completes all grades of the school.

(4) This subsection shall not be construed to affect any student currently attending a school other than the school to which the student has been assigned by the local board of education pursuant to a transfer authorized under the federal No Child Left Behind Act (P.L. 107-110).

(b) The department shall establish a model universal, streamlined process to implement the transfer provisions of this Code section. Each local board of education shall adopt a universal, streamlined transfer process that includes, at a minimum, such state model. Such local process shall include a deadline for submitting transfer requests.

(c) Each local school system shall annually notify prior to each school year the parents of each student by letter, electronic means, or by such other reasonable means in a timely manner of the options available to parents under this article, including all relevant dates and deadlines. As a part of such annual notification process, each local school system shall post in a prominent location on its website the information required pursuant to this Code section.

(d) The local school system shall notify parents by July 1 of each year which schools have available space and to which of these schools parents may choose to request a transfer for their children.

(e) This Code section shall not apply to charter schools; provided, however, that each local board of education shall adopt a universal, streamlined transfer process that allows for transfers pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Code Section 20-2-2066.

(f) This Code section shall not apply to newly opened schools with available classroom space for a period of four years after the school opens.

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