Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 16. STUDENTS · Part 1. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

20-2-692.4. Attendance credit for military obligations of students.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

A student taking tests and physical exams for military service in the armed forces of the United States and the National Guard shall be credited as present by the school and shall not be counted as an absence, either excused or unexcused, for any day, portion of a day, or days missed from school.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 20-2-692.4, enacted by Ga. L. 2025, p. 92, § 6/SB 123, effective July 1, 2025.

Effective date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2025.

Cross references

Georgia Military Forces Reorganization Act of 1955, § 38-2-1 et seq.

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