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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-14-48. Resources and supports for turnaround eligible schools.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-14-48. Resources and supports for turnaround eligible schools.

The State School Superintendent shall ensure that all necessary department resources and supports are made available for full implementation of this part, including, but not limited to, the implementation of the intensive school improvement plans established pursuant to Code Section 20-14-46 for schools for which a local board of education has entered into a contract amendment or intervention contract with the State Board of Education pursuant to Code Section 20-14-45. Further, the State School Superintendent shall ensure that such schools receive priority for the receipt of federal and state funds available to the Department of Education to the fullest extent possible under federal and state law, including, but not limited to, federal school improvement grants and Title I funds. The State School Superintendent shall also pursue maximum flexibility in applying for and expending federal funds, including, but not limited to, the consolidation of all federal, state, and local funds in compliance with federal law.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-14-48, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 75, § 2-1/HB 338; Ga. L. 2020, p. 62, § 2-8/SB 68.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2017, Code Section 20-14-48, as enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 93, § 1/HB 139, was redesignated as Code Section 20-14-49.13.