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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2B-25. Parent review committee.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2B-25. Parent review committee.

(a) To assist in the determination of whether certain expenses meet the requirements to be considered a qualified education expense under this article, a parent review committee shall be established.

(b)(1) The parent review committee shall comprise one person with relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities and eight parents of participating students appointed by the executive director of the education savings authority. Four of the parents shall reside in local school systems with student enrollment greater than 10,000, and four of the parents shall reside in local school systems with student enrollment less than 10,000.

(2)(A) Members of the parent review committee shall serve for staggered three-year terms and may be reappointed; provided, however, that no individual shall be permitted to serve more than three terms.

(B) The education savings authority shall adopt rules for staggering the terms of members as required in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.

(3) The executive director of the education savings authority or his or her designee shall serve as the chairperson of the parent review committee and shall only vote in the event of a tie.

(c) The education savings authority may request the parent review committee to determine whether an expenditure of account funds from an account qualifies as a qualified education expense under this article.

(d) The education savings authority may request the parent review committee to review appeals of participating schools or service provider application denials pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section 20-2B-23.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-2B-25, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 245, § 2-1/SB 233, effective July 1, 2024.

## Editor's Notes

See Editor’s notes at the beginning of this article as to the applicability of this Code section.

See Editor’s notes at the beginning of this article as to the repeal of this Code section.