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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-1A-1. Creation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-1A-1. Creation.

The Department of Early Care and Learning is created as a department of the executive branch of state government and shall have the duties, responsibilities, functions, powers, and authority set forth in this chapter and otherwise provided by law. The Department of Early Care and Learning is the successor to the Office of School Readiness and shall have the duties, responsibilities, functions, powers, authority, employees, office equipment, furniture, and other assets formerly held by the Office of School Readiness. The Department of Early Care and Learning shall be a separate budget unit.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-1A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 167, § 2; Ga. L. 2004, p. 645, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 965, § 1/HB 401.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2015, p. 965, § 1/HB 401, effective January 1, 2016, reenacted this Code section without change.

## Law Reviews

For review of 1996 education legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 160 (1996).