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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-14-49.13. Reporting of percentage of students with each state funded characteristic included in Code Section 20-2-161; online sortable database; underlying fiscal data for financial efficiency ratings; inter-agency cooperation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-14-49.13. Reporting of percentage of students with each state funded characteristic included in Code Section 20-2-161; online sortable database; underlying fiscal data for financial efficiency ratings; inter-agency cooperation.

(a) The office shall report the percentage of students with each state funded characteristic included in Code Section 20-2-161 at the local school system and school levels.

(b) The office shall create and publish an online sortable data base for each local school system and school on per student expenditures used to determine the financial efficiency rating calculated by the office pursuant to Code Section 20-14-33 and as delineated in Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(x) of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.

(c) The office shall report the relative financial performance of local school systems and schools.

(d) The Department of Education shall publish annually on its website all underlying fiscal data that inform the financial efficiency rating calculated by the office pursuant to Code Section 20-14-33 and an explanation of the fiscal data that inform the financial efficiency rating on a disaggregated basis.

(e) All state and local government entities, including the Department of Education, Department of Audits and Accounts, Office of Planning and Budget, the office, and local school systems shall cooperate with and assist each other in complying with this part.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-14-49.13, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 93, § 1/HB 139.

## 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.

## Law Reviews

For article, “Positive Education Federalism: The Promise of Equality after the Every Student Succeeds Act,” see 68 Mercer L. Rev. 351 (2017).

## U.s. Code.

Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(x) of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, referred to in subsection (b) of this Code section, is codified at 20 U.S.C. § 611.