--- title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-306. Honors program; residential high school program. collection: code id: 20-2-306 cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-306 (2025) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-2-306 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-2-306.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-2-306/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t20-ch1-2a-(v17)-2022-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=9db936c6_0#page=481 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-2.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-2-305.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/20-2-307.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly heading_path: EDUCATION / ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION / QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION / OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS --- # O.C.G.A. § 20-2-306. Honors program; residential high school program. (a) The Office of Student Achievement is authorized to continue and administer an honors program for students in the public and private high schools of this state and for resident students who attend a home study program who have manifested exceptional abilities or unique potentials or who have made exceptional academic achievements. This program shall be conducted during summer months between normal school year terms at institutions of higher learning or other appropriate centers within this state with facilities adequate to provide challenging opportunities for advanced study and accomplishments by such students. The student honors program shall be implemented and operated in accordance with criteria established by the Office of Student Achievement, and operating costs shall be paid by the Office of Student Achievement from funds made available for this purpose by the General Assembly. The Office of Student Achievement is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia for operating and sharing the costs of such programs. (b) The State Board of Education is authorized to inaugurate and operate a residential high school program for highly gifted and talented youth of this state. This residential high school program shall consist only of students in the eleventh and twelfth grades. Enrollment shall be by student application and on a voluntary basis; provided, however, that the parent or legal guardian of each student must have signed an agreement authorizing enrollment in this program. This program shall be operated during the normal school year for a minimum of 180 days, or the equivalent thereof as determined in accordance with State Board of Education guidelines, in cooperation with one or more of the state universities or colleges from funds provided by the General Assembly. The state board is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia concerning the operation and sharing of costs of this program. The state board shall prescribe policy, regulations, standards, and criteria as needed for the effective operation of this program. ## History Code 1981, § 20-2-300, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1657, § 1; Code 1981, § 20-2-306, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1169, § 1; Ga. L. 2009, p. 72, § 1/SB 210; Ga. L. 2009, p. 638, § 4/HB 193; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1376, § 26/HB 502. ## Editor's Notes See the Editor’s note at the beginning of this part for information as to the redesignation of the former provisions of this Code section. ## Administrative Rules and Regulations Governor’s honors program, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Education, Division of General Instruction, Sec. 160-4-2-.09.