Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 22. SCHOOL BUSES · Part 1. POWERS OF STATE AND LOCAL SCHOOL OFFICIALS

20-2-1073. Transportation forbidden if certified detrimental to student’s health; penalty.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

It shall be unlawful to transport any student to or from any public school in this state if a physician, licensed to practice medicine in this state, shall have certified to the superintendent of the county or independent school system, in writing, that the transportation of such student would be detrimental to the health of the student. It shall be unlawful to expend or use public funds for the transportation of students for whom a certificate has been filed by a physician. Any person, school superintendent, or member of a county or independent board of education violating this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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.

Ga. L. 1972, p. 870, § 1.

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