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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-324.9. Availability of standardized testing to home study students.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-324.9. Availability of standardized testing to home study students.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “home study student” means a student in grades six through 12 who is in a home study program that meets the requirements of subsection (c) of Code Section 20-2-690.

(b) Each local school system that offers the PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, PreACT, ACT, or Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery or an advanced placement exam to students enrolled in such local school system shall:

(1) Make each such test or exam available to any home study student who resides in the local school system; and

(2) Post on its public website notice of the date that each such test or exam will be administered. Such notice shall include registration dates and procedures and shall state that such test or exam is available for home study students who reside in the local school system.

(c) No local school system that offers the PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, PreACT, ACT, or Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery or an advanced placement exam to students enrolled in such local school system shall require home study students to pay a fee not required of students enrolled in such local school system or impose any requirement that conflicts with or is in addition to the requirements of subsection (c) of Code Section 20-2-690.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-2-324.9, enacted by Ga. L. 2025, p. 885, § 1/SB 63, effective July 1, 2025.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2025, Code Section 20-2-324.8, as enacted by Ga. L. p. 885, § 1/SB 63, was redesignated as Code Section 20-2-324.9.

## Effective Date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2025.