• § 20-2-690 - Educational Entities; Requirements for Private Schools and Home Study Programs
  (a) This subpart recognizes the existence of public schools, private schools, and home study programs as educational entities.(b) As used in this subpart, the...
• § 20-2-690.1 - Mandatory Education for Children Between Ages Six and 16
  (a) Mandatory attendance in a public school, private school, or home school program shall be required for children between their sixth and sixteenth birthdays....
• § 20-2-690.2 - Establishment of Student Attendance Protocol Committee; Membership and Protocol; Summary of Penalties for Failure to Comply; Reporting
  (a) The chief judge of the superior court of each county shall establish a student attendance protocol committee for its county. The purpose of...
• § 20-2-691 - Minimum Annual Attendance Required; Child Completing High School Exempt
  The minimum session of annual school attendance required under this subpart shall be for the full session or sessions of the school which the...
• § 20-2-692 - General Assembly Pages Granted Excused Absences
  Children who serve as pages of the General Assembly during the school year, either at regular or special sessions, shall be credited as present...
• § 20-2-692.1 - Excused Absences for Days Missed to Visit With Parent or Legal Guardian in the Military Prior to Deployment or While on Leave
  A student whose parent or legal guardian is in military service in the armed forces of the United States or the National Guard, and...
• § 20-2-692.2 - Foster Care Student Attending Court Proceedings Related to that Student's Foster Care to Be Credited As Present At School
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "foster care student" means a student who is in a foster home or otherwise in...
• § 20-2-693 - Exemptions
  (a) Children during the ages of mandatory attendance as required in subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-690.1 who are excused from attendance in public...
• § 20-2-694 - Administration and Enforcement of Subpart
  It shall be the duty of each county and independent school system board of education, each local school superintendent within the state, and the...
• § 20-2-695 - Employing Attendance Officers in Addition to Visiting Teachers; Authority and Duties
  (a) A local board of education may employ an attendance officer or attendance officers in addition to a visiting teacher or visiting teachers. Such...
• § 20-2-696 - Duties of Visiting Teachers and Attendance Officers
  In the discharge of the duties of their office, visiting teachers, acting visiting teachers, or attendance officers shall: (1) Cooperate fully with the Department...
• § 20-2-697 - Cooperation of Principals and Teachers in Public Schools With Visiting Teachers and Attendance Officers; Attendance Reports and Records Kept by Public Schools; Letter Indicating Enrollment
  (a) Visiting teachers and attendance officers shall receive the cooperation and assistance of all teachers and principals of public schools in the local school...
• § 20-2-698 - Peace Officers May Take Temporary Custody of Truant Children Away From Home
  Any peace officer may assume temporary custody, during school hours, of any child subject to compulsory school attendance who is found away from home...
• § 20-2-699 - Disposition of Children Taken Into Custody
  Any person assuming temporary custody of a child pursuant to Code Section 20-2-698 shall immediately deliver the child either to the parent, guardian, or...
• § 20-2-700 - Reports by Peace Officers to School Authorities and Parent or Guardian
  Any person taking action pursuant to Code Section 20-2-699 shall report the matter and the disposition made by him of the child to the...
• § 20-2-701 - Responsibility for Reporting Truants to Juvenile or Other Courts
  Local school superintendents as applied to private schools, the Department of Education as applied to home study programs, or visiting teachers and attendance officers...
• § 20-2-702 - Governor May Proclaim Subpart Suspended
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 317, § 1/HB 26, effective July 1, 2005.
• § 20-2-703 - Subpart is Inapplicable Where Operation of Public Schools is Discontinued
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1266, § 8, effective April 3, 1984.

Last modified: October 14, 2016