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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-20. Regional offices authorized; employees.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-20. Regional offices authorized; employees.

The State Board of Education is authorized to establish regional offices of the Department of Education, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Should the state board establish such regional offices of the Department of Education, their service areas shall be congruous with the service areas of regional educational service agencies as provided for in Code Section 20-2-270 and may include more than one regional educational service agency. All employees of such regional offices shall be employees of the Department of Education.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-2-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 5.

## 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.’”