As used in this article, the term:
(1) "Attendance zone" means all or a portion of a local school system, one or more local school systems or portions thereof, or all local school systems in this state.
(2) "Commission" means the State Charter Schools Commission established pursuant to Code Section 20-2-2082.
(3) "Department" means the state Department of Education.
(4) "Governing board" means the governing board of the nonprofit organization which is the charter petitioner for a state charter school and which is the same as the governing board of the state charter school which is involved in school-level governance of the state charter school.
(5) "State charter school" means a school authorized by the commission pursuant to this article whose creation is authorized as a special school pursuant to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph VII of the Constitution. A state charter school shall be a public school.
The definitions set forth in Code Section 20-2-2062 shall be applicable to this article.
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