Georgia CommonsTítulo 20. EDUCATION · Capítulo 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION · Artículo 31. CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT OF 1998
20-2-2064.2. Promotion of approval of new local charter school petitions; incentive grants.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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- (a)
The State Board of Education in collaboration with the State Charter Schools Commission shall establish a program for the purposes of promoting and supporting the approval of new local charter school petitions by local boards of education and to provide incentive grants to local boards of education that approve new local charter school petitions. The State Charter Schools Commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions and intent of this Code section.#
- (b)
- (1)
Subject to appropriations, for each new local charter school petition approved by a local board of education after June 30, 2025, such local board of education shall receive an incentive grant of $250,000.00 by August 1 of each of the three years following such approval, provided that such local charter school remains authorized by such local board of education. In the event that available appropriations are not sufficient to cover the total amount of such incentive grants provided for in this subsection, the amount of each such grant shall be reduced proportionally, providing incentive grants in equal amounts to each such local board of education.#
- (2)
Incentive grants provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be provided only for the approval of new local charter school petitions and not for the approval or renewal of an existing local charter school.#
- (c)
Incentive grants awarded pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section may be used by the receiving local board of education for expenses incurred by the local board of education in its role as a local charter school authorizer, which may include, but shall not be limited to, hiring qualified personnel and providing for oversight, compliance monitoring, and professional development related to local charter school authorization.#
- (d)
The Department of Education shall implement and administer the incentive grant program provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section and the Office of Charter School Compliance shall provide technical assistance necessary to local school systems in support of compliance with the requirements of this Code section.#
- (e)
This Code section shall stand automatically repealed on July 1, 2035.#
History
Code 1981, § 20-2-2064.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2025, p. 86, § 4/SB 82, effective April 28, 2025.
Effective date
This Code section became effective April 28, 2025.
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 2025, p. 86, § 1/SB 82, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “(a) The General Assembly finds that charter schools, including locally authorized charter schools, provide innovative and effective educational opportunities for students in Georgia. “(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to: “(1) Encourage local school systems to serve as local authorizers of charter schools; “(2) Provide financial incentives to local school systems that authorize and oversee charter schools; and “(3) Ensure accountability for local school systems that consistently deny charter petitions that are subsequently approved by the State Charter Schools Commission.” Ga. L. 2025, p. 86, § 2/SB 82, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Local Charter School Authorization and Support Act of 2025.’”
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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