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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-696. Duties of visiting teachers and attendance officers.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-696. Duties of visiting teachers and attendance officers.

In the discharge of the duties of their office, visiting teachers, acting visiting teachers, or attendance officers shall:

(1) Cooperate fully with the Department of Human Services, the Department of Labor, and other state agencies;

(2) Make monthly and annual reports to their respective local school superintendents on attendance and other problems of child school adjustment in the public schools of their territory; and

(3) Comply with the rules and regulations of the county and independent school system boards of education and the State Board of Education.

## History

Ga. L. 1945, p. 343, § 7; Ga. L. 1963, p. 218, § 2; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 1203; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1069, § 3; Ga. L. 1978, p. 941, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1266, § 4; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228.