Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

20-1-5. Liability of surrogate parents.

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Any individual appointed to act as a surrogate parent for a child pursuant to federal law (P.L. 94-142) and federal regulations (34 C.F.R. 8300.514), as such law and regulations existed on January 1, 1985, shall not be liable for any civil damages for any action or actions done while performing duty as a surrogate parent, except for acts or omissions to act constituting gross, willful, or wanton negligence.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 20-1-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 447, § 1.

U.S. Code.: Public Law 94-142, the federal Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, amended or enacted provisions throughout the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.

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