Document Type
Peach Sheet
Abstract
The Act requires schools to spend 65% of all funds on direct classroom expenditures. Direct classroom expenditures are defined as expenditures for activities related to student-teacher interaction including, but not limited to, teacher compensation; educational materials and supplies; classroom-related activities such as field trips, physical education, music, and arts; and tuition paid to out-of-state school districts and private institutions for special needs students. School districts not meeting the 65% requirement must increase their direct classroom expenditures by a minimum of two percent per fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter until they reach the 65% level. The Act also provides one-year renewable achievement or hardship waivers for schools not in compliance with the 65% spending requirement.
Recommended Citation
Georgia State University Law Review,
EDUCATION Elementary and Secondary School Education Spending: Amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia to Require Local School Systems to Spend a Minimum Amount of Operating Funds on Direct Classroom Expenditures; Provide a Short Title; Provide for Definitions; Provide for Incremental Compliance; Provide for Waivers; Provide for the Submission of Budget and Expenditure Information; Provide for Rules and Regulations; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Expenditure Controls for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008; Provide for Related Matters; Provide for an Effective Date; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes,
23
Ga. St. U. L. Rev.
(2012).
Available at:
https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol23/iss1/14