EDUCATION Elementary and Postsecondary Education: Amend the "Quality Basic Education Act"; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Determination of Enrollment by Institutional Programs; Authorize the Establishment of the Georgia Virtual School; Provide for Rules and Regulations; Provide for a Georgia Virtual School Grant Account; Provide for Statutory Construction; Provide for Related Matters; Provide an Effective Date; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes

Authors

Kristen SwiftFollow

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act authorizes the State Board of Education to establish a Georgia Virtual School where students may enroll in state-funded courses via the Internet. All Georgia students who are age 21 or younger are eligible to enroll, but the Act gives public school students priority. The Act also authorizes the State Board of Education to establish rules and regulations, including the processes for enrollment and reporting grades on students' transcripts. Students may register for courses in excess of the maximum number of courses allowed per year at a tuition rate the State Board of Education will establish. The Professional Standards Commission will certify all instructors. The Department of Education (DOE) will establish a grant account to fund the Virtual School.

Recommended Citation

Kristen Swift, EDUCATION Elementary and Postsecondary Education: Amend the "Quality Basic Education Act"; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Determination of Enrollment by Institutional Programs; Authorize the Establishment of the Georgia Virtual School; Provide for Rules and Regulations; Provide for a Georgia Virtual School Grant Account; Provide for Statutory Construction; Provide for Related Matters; Provide an Effective Date; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes, 22 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2005).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol22/iss1/10