Georgia Code, Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 4 - Increased Flexibility for Local School Systems

• § 20-2-80 - Requests for Increased Flexibility; Title 20/no Waivers System
  (a) A local school system may request increased flexibility from certain state laws, rules, and regulations in exchange for increased accountability and defined consequences...
• § 20-2-81 - Strategic Plan and Proposed Contract for Local School Systems Requesting Flexibility; Strategic Waivers School System
  (a) Each local school system which elects to request increased flexibility pursuant to this article shall develop a five-year strategic plan which sets out...
• § 20-2-82 - Contract Terms for Local School Systems Requesting Flexibility
  (a) The local board of education and the department shall enter into negotiations on the appropriate terms of the contract, including the accountability, flexibility,...
• § 20-2-83 - State Board Approval of Local School Board Flexibility Contract
  (a) Upon approval of a proposed contract of a local school system which has requested flexibility, the state board shall enter into such contract...
• § 20-2-84 - (for Effective Date, See Note.) Accountability, Flexibility, and Consequences Components of Contract
  (a) The accountability component of the contract provided in Code Section 20-2-83 shall include at least one of the student achievement measures in paragraphs...
• § 20-2-84.1 - Loss of Governance for Nonperforming Schools
  (a) The State Board of Education shall, as provided for in the contract entered into with a local school system pursuant to Code Section...
• § 20-2-84.2 - State Monitoring
  (a) The Office of Student Achievement shall revise the single state-wide accountability system established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section...
• § 20-2-84.3 - Required Notifications by Local School Systems
  No later than June 30, 2015, each local school system shall either notify the department of its intention to become a strategic waivers school...
• § 20-2-84.4 - Other Funding Options
  The department may offer other funding options for local school systems which choose to enter into a contract pursuant to this article and may...
• § 20-2-84.5 - Applicability to Charter Systems
  Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 20-2-84.4, this article shall not apply to a local school system which has become a charter system...
• § 20-2-84.6 - Establishment of Rules, Regulations, and Guidelines
  The State Board of Education shall be authorized to establish rules, regulations, and guidelines to effect the implementation of this article.

Last modified: October 14, 2016