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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-16. Acceptance and allotment of federal aid and other funds for school construction; determining needs; planning financing; building code; safety inspections and recommendations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-16. Acceptance and allotment of federal aid and other funds for school construction; determining needs; planning financing; building code; safety inspections and recommendations.

(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to receive any federal funds or any other funds made available to it for schoolhouse construction or improvement of the schools under its jurisdiction and to allot such funds to the boards of education of county and independent school systems under such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the state board, subject to such limitations as may be imposed in the grant or appropriation of such funds.

(b) In order to assist the boards of education of county and independent school systems, upon their request, the state board is authorized to make comprehensive studies to determine the need for and the location of public school buildings, to determine the safety and educational requirements of public school buildings, to plan the methods of financing the cost of constructing and equipping such buildings, and to establish a code of school building practices and standards.

(c) The state board is authorized to inspect any public school building and, if such building is found to be dangerous to the lives or health of the pupils, to notify the county or independent board of education in writing of the unsafe or unhealthful conditions revealed, including in the notification specific suggestions for the correction of such unsafe or unhealthful conditions.

## History

Ga. L. 1945, p. 200, §§ 1-3.

## Cross References

Standards and requirements for construction of buildings and other structures generally, T. 8, C. 2.