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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-948. Reduction in force policies.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-948. Reduction in force policies.

(a) A local board of education shall not adopt or implement a policy that allows length of service to be the primary or sole determining factor when implementing a reduction in force. The local board shall consider as the primary factor the performance of the educator, one measure of which may be student academic performance.

(b) Any policy that does not comply with subsection (a) of this Code section shall be considered invalid and the State Board of Education shall be authorized to take action to withhold all or any portion of state funds in accordance with Code Section 20-2-243.

(c) This Code section shall not apply if a local board of education eliminates an entire program.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-2-948, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1037, § 2/SB 184.