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Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 4. VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION · Article 6. DUAL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM

20-4-140. Definitions.

Active

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

Repealed effective July 1, 2031.In force today: Repealed effective July 1, 2031.

  1. As used in this article, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Dual Achievement Program” or “program” means the program provided for in this article.#

  3. (2)

    “Eligible student” means a student who meets the qualifications to participate in the program.#

  4. (3)

    “Extracurricular activities” and “interscholastic activities” shall have the same respective meanings as set forth in Code Section 20-2-319.6.#

  5. (4)

    “QBE formula earnings” means funds earned for the Quality Basic Education Formula pursuant to Code Section 20-2-161 and shall include the portion of such funds that are calculated as the local five mill share in accordance with Code Section 20-2-164. QBE formula earnings shall include the salary portion of direct instructional costs, the adjustment for training and experience, the nonsalary portion of direct instructional costs, and earnings for psychologists and school social workers, school administration, facility maintenance and operation, media centers, and staff development, as determined by the Department of Education.#

  6. (5)

    “State board” means the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia.#

  7. (6)

    “Resident school” means the public school in which an eligible student is or would be enrolled based on his or her primary residence.#

  8. (7)

    “Resident school system” means the public school system in which an eligible student is or would be enrolled based on his or her primary residence.#

  9. (8)

    “Technical college system” means the Technical College System of Georgia.#

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, § 20-4-140, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 576, § 1-3/SB 204; Ga. L. 2025, p. 135, § 3/HB 217, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, added paragraphs (3), (4), (6), and (7), and redesignated former paragraphs (3) and (4) as present paragraphs (5) and (8).

Editor's notes

See the Editor’s notes following the article heading as to the repeal of this Code section.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2021, the subsection “(a)” designation was deleted from the beginning of this Code section since there was no subsection (b).

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

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