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title: Title 20, Chapter 1A. Early Care and Learning
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date: 2025
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heading: EARLY CARE AND LEARNING
title_heading: EDUCATION
section_count: 36
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A.md?full=1
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# Title 20, Chapter 1A. Early Care and Learning

Title 20. Education

36 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 20-1A-1, Creation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-1.md
- 20-1A-2, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-2.md
- 20-1A-3, Commissioner; board; duties and powers; salary; personnel; rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-3.md
- 20-1A-4, Powers and duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-4.md
- 20-1A-4.1, Department authorized to establish nonprofit corporation to qualify as a public foundation to aid in carrying out department’s powers and purposes; requirements; annual report, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-4.1.md
- 20-1A-5, Impact of transfer of operations on individuals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-5.md
- 20-1A-6, Department to succeed to applicable rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-6.md
- 20-1A-7, Pre-kindergarten name change required in publications, posters, banners, and signs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-7.md
- 20-1A-8, Transfer of functions, powers, personnel, equipment, and assets to department; funding, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-8.md
- 20-1A-9, Authority to license and regulate child care learning centers and family child care learning homes transferred to department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-9.md
- 20-1A-10, Regulation of early care and education programs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-10.md
- 20-1A-10.1, Determination of payments and eligibility, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-10.1.md
- 20-1A-11, Penalties; notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-11.md
- 20-1A-12, Application; “license” defined; actions authorized by department in event of violations; investigations; governmental immunity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-12.md
- 20-1A-13, Emergency placement of monitors; emergency closure upon minor’s death; requirements and procedures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-13.md
- 20-1A-14, Variances and waivers to regulatory requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-14.md
- 20-1A-15, Issuance of inspection warrants; evidence generated inadmissible in criminal proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-15.md
- 20-1A-16, Coordination of efforts between departments and agencies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-16.md
- 20-1A-17, Transfer of programs from Department of Education, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-17.md
- 20-1A-18, Information on influenza vaccine, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-18.md
- 20-1A-30, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-30.md
- 20-1A-31, Records check application for potential employees; comprehensive records check determination, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-31.md
- 20-1A-32, Program license or commission applicants; comprehensive records check requirements; change of ownership, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-32.md
- 20-1A-33, Notification to applicant on comprehensive records check, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-33.md
- 20-1A-34, Check of fingerprints on national level; satisfactory determination prior to employment; additional records checks; retention of fingerprints, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-34.md
- 20-1A-35, Provisional employees; receipt of satisfactory determination; revocation of license, commission, or permit for violations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-35.md
- 20-1A-36, Certain offenders prohibited as employees of facilities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-36.md
- 20-1A-37, Director or employee residing in family child care learning home or at certain programs; comprehensive records check requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-37.md
- 20-1A-38, Change of directors; records check requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-38.md
- 20-1A-39, Potential employees; current employees and directors; comprehensive records check requirements; satisfactory determination; liability for hiring ineligible employee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-39.md
- 20-1A-40, Cooperation with GCIC and other law enforcement agencies; fees; penalty for misuse of information, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-40.md
- 20-1A-41, Liability for information or determinations made based upon records check, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-41.md
- 20-1A-42, Construction with Article 1, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-42.md
- 20-1A-43, Contested case procedure following rejection or other suspension of license or application, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-43.md
- 20-1A-44, Regulatory authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-44.md
- 20-1A-45, Valid period for records check for separated employees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-1A-45.md