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02 LC 18 1332
Senate Bill
349
By: Senators Crotts of the 17th, Starr of the
44th, Dean of the 31st, Williams of the 6th, Tanksley of the 32nd and others
A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, so as to
provide for eligibility of students who attend home study programs for
extracurricular programs offered at public schools under certain conditions; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to elementary and secondary education, is amended by adding
at the end a new article to read as follows:
"ARTICLE
32
20-2-2090.
A student who attends a
home study program which meets the respective requirements therefor specified in
Code Section 20-2-690 shall be eligible to participate in any extracurricular
program offered in the public school which that student would otherwise be
authorized to attend if that student meets the same requirements established for
public school students in that program, other than attendance at that school. A
public school shall have no obligation to provide transportation to or from that
school for a student eligible for extracurricular programs pursuant to this Code
section except that such student shall be eligible for transportation from the
school to and from any extracurricular program in which the student is eligible
to participate under the same conditions as public school participants in that
program."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.