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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-185. Program weights to reflect funds for salaries for assistant principals and secretaries.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-185. Program weights to reflect funds for salaries for assistant principals and secretaries.

All program weights, when multiplied by the base amount, shall reflect sufficient funds to pay the beginning salaries of assistant principals as well as the salaries of secretaries essential for the efficient and effective management of the instructional and supportive educational programs of an appropriate base size school pursuant to Code Section 20-2-181 and to provide for the costs of operating an administrative office in the school, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-2-185, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1657, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 1169, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 28.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000.’”