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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-4-4. Employing teachers under federal act.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-4-4. Employing teachers under federal act.

Any county board of education may employ and pay agricultural teachers and home economics teachers when employed in the consolidated schools of the county under provisions of the Vocational Education Act of Congress of February 23, 1917 (20 U.S.C. Section 11, et seq.; 39 Stat. 929), and this article.

## History

Ga. L. 1922, p. 81, § 2; Code 1933, § 32-2205; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 20(56)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, a comma was inserted following “Section 11” near the end.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “(20 U.S.C. Section 11, et seq.; 39 Stat. 929),” for “(20 U.S.C.A. Section 11, et seq.; c. 114, Section 1, 39 Stat. 929),” near the end of this Code section.