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State Board Rules

​These current rules have been adopted by the State Board of Education, filed with the Secretary of State, and are, therefore, in effect.
Rules are listed in alphabetical order according to National Schools Boards Association (NSBA) codes. To sort by a particular category, simply click on any column heading.
To determine rules of the State Board of Education that have been recently adopted, sort the column 'Effective Date'. The most recently adopted rules will appear at the end of the list.
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NSBA CodeEffective DateRule NumberTitle
AF03 Nov 2010160-5-1-.02School Day and School Year for Students and Employees
BBB12 Oct 2016160-5-1-.36 Local School Board Governance
BCAEA 15 Jun 1998160-1-3-.04 School Law Tribunals and Appeals
BCAEA(2)07 Mar 2002160-1-3-.07 Consolidated Hearings Under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504
BDH04 Oct 2006160-1-3-.02 Suspension of Rules and Laws (Waiver)
CGB05 Oct 2000160-5-1-.22 Personnel Required
DFB 31 May 2011160-5-3-.11 Standard Cost Development
DFBA 12 Sep 2002160-5-2-.02 Withholding of Funds From Local Units of Administration
DFFA02 Jan 2019160-5-2-.06 Residential Facility Grant
DIA29 Mar 1995160-5-2-.23 Financial Administration for Georgia Local Units of Administration
DIB11 Apr 2018160-5-2-.21 Annual Financial and Budget Reports
DJ(1) 05 Mar 2008160-5-1-.29 Minimum Direct Classroom Expenditures
EBIA 11 Dec 1996160-5-5-.03 Asbestos Occupation Accreditation Program
EDAA 07 Mar 2012160-5-3-.01 Purchase of School Buses
EDAC10 Aug 2022160-5-3-.02 Contracted Transportation Services
EDAF07 Aug 2024160-5-3-.17Use of Alternative Vehicles for the Transport of Students
EDC14 Apr 1996160-5-3-.14 Fuels and Explosives
EDCA03 Jul 2002160-5-3-.03School Bus Inspections
EDCB/JCDAD 29 May 2002160-5-3-.13 Student Safety
EDD03 May 2006160-5-3-.10 Student Transportation Funding Surveys
EDF13 Oct 2005160-5-3-.16 Bus Transportation Records
EE16 Feb 2023160-5-6-.01 Statewide School Nutrition Program
EF(1) 27 May 2017160-5-1-.03 Identification and Reporting of Schools
EF(2) 09 Aug 2017160-5-1-.07 Student and Staff Data Collections
EGD 08 Apr 1992160-5-3-.04 School Bus Insurance
FCG08 Aug 2018160-5-4-.18 Bidding Requirements for School Capital Outlay Projects
FD19 Jul 2000160-5-4-.01 Educational Facilities Construction Plan (Local Facilities Plan)
FEB12 Mar 2025160-5-4-.08School Size
FED(1)19 Jul 2000160-5-4-.10 Approval of Plans and Specifications
FED(2)04 Feb 2025160-5-4-.15Processing of Plans and Specifications for Public School Construction
FEDB11 Sep 2019160-5-4-.16 Educational Facility Site, Construction, and Reimbursement
FFE12 Mar 2025160-5-4-.04Special Appropriation for Public School Capital Outlay
FFF(1)30 May 2012160-5-4-.02 Capital Outlay Entitlement, Funding Requests, And Required Local Participation
FFF(2) 30 May 2012160-5-4-.03 Applications for State Capital Outlay Funding
FFF(3)12 Mar 2025160-5-4-.05Regular Advance and Low-Wealth Funding
FFF(4) 11 Dec 1996160-5-4-.14 Sparsity Grant
FGAD 30 May 2012160-5-4-.11 Design Professional Contracts And Fees
FGD12 Sep 2012160-5-4-.22 Guaranteed Energy Savings Performance Contracts for Public School Facilities
GAD01 Jul 2015160-3-3-.04 Professional Learning
GAD(2) 03 Jan 1991160-4-9-.03 Statewide Vocational Staff Development Eligibility
GAK 05 Oct 2000160-5-2-.50 Certified/Classified Personnel Information
GAM/GCRA 09 Oct 1994160-5-3-.15 Alcohol and Controlled Substances Testing
GANA/JGCC 01 Nov 2011160-1-3-.03 Infectious Diseases
GBA(1) 09 Jun 1999160-4-3-.09 Extended-Year Vocational Education Projects
GBA(2) 08 Sep 2016160-4-3-.11 Extended Day Grant Program
GBA(4) 05 Oct 2000160-3-1-.01 Pay for Performance Program
GBA(5) 30 Mar 2011160-5-2-.05 Experience for Salary Purposes
GBBA 29 Dec 2021160-4-8-.05 School Counseling
GBHA 03 Sep 1997160-3-3-.07 Mentor Teacher Program
GBI03 Aug 2016160-5-1-.37Teacher and Leader Evaluations
GBRJ 14 Feb 1994160-5-1-.05 Substitute Teachers
GCBA01 Feb 2012160-5-3-.08SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
IAB(1) 10 Aug 2011160-7-1-.01 Single Statewide Accountability System.
IAB(5)31 Jan 2024160-5-1-.33Strategic Waivers and Title 20/No Waivers School Systems
IBE(3)04 Feb 2026160-4-9-.06Charter Authorizers, Financing, Management, and Governance Training
IDA(2)10 Feb 2011160-4-2-.03 List of State-Funded K-8 Subjects and 9-12 Courses for Students Entering Ninth Grade Prior to 2008
IDA(3) 02 Jul 2015160-4-2-.20 State-Funded K-8 Subjects and 9-12 Courses for Students Entering Ninth Grade in 2008 and Subsequent Years
IDAA(1) 07 Mar 2002160-4-10-.02 Vocational On-Site Program Evaluation
IDAA(3) 05 Jun 1996160-4-3-.02 Local Plan/Application for Vocational Education
IDAD09 Jun 1999160-4-8-.08 Career Education
IDAE28 Sep 2011160-4-2-.05 Middle School Program Criteria
IDAF 10 Feb 2011160-4-2-.07 Instruction in United States and Georgia History and Government
IDAG 29 Dec 1997160-4-2-.33 Values and Character Education
IDB24 Nov 2021160-4-2-.12 Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Program Plan
IDC27 Nov 2013160-4-2-.14 Instructional Extension
IDCG 02 Sep 2009160-4-2-.09 Governor's Honors Program
IDCH16 Oct 2024160-4-2-.34Dual Enrollment
IDDB25 May 2016160-4-5-.01 Remedial Education
IDDC 24 Nov 2009160-4-2-.31 Hospital/Homebound (HHB) Services
IDDD 30 May 2012160-4-2-.38 Education Program for Gifted Students
IDDF(01) 01 Jul 2007160-4-7-.01 Purpose for Exceptional Students Rules
IDDF(02) 29 May 2013160-4-7-.02Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
IDDF(03) 12 Apr 2023160-4-7-.03 Child Find Procedures
IDDF(04) 31 Mar 2010160-4-7-.04 Evaluations and Reevaluations
IDDF(05) 31 Mar 2010160-4-7-.05 Eligibility Determination and Categories of Eligibility
IDDF(06) 01 Jul 2007160-4-7-.06 Individualized Education Program (IEP)
IDDF(07) 31 Mar 2010160-4-7-.07 Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
IDDF(08) 01 Jul 2007160-4-7-.08 Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information
IDDF(09) 29 May 2013160-4-7-.09 Procedural Safeguards/Parents Rights
IDDF(10) 01 Jul 2007160-4-7-.10 Discipline
IDDF(11) 01 Jul 2007160-4-7-.11 Surrogate Parent
IDDF(12) 31 Mar 2010160-4-7-.12 Dispute Resolution
IDDF(13) 01 Jul 2007160-4-7-.13 Private Schools
IDDF(14) 01 Jul 2007160-4-7-.14 Personnel, Facilities and Caseloads
IDDF(15) 05 Jul 2017160-4-7-.15 Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS)
IDDF(16) 12 Apr 2023160-4-7-.16 Georgia Learning Resources System (GLRS)
IDDF(17) 01 Jul 2007160-4-7-.17 Required Reports
IDDF(18) 12 Apr 2023160-4-7-.18 Grants for Services
IDDF(19) 31 Mar 2010160-4-7-.19Services for Agency-Placed Students
IDDF(19) 31 Mar 2010160-4-7-19 Services for Agency-Placed Students
IDDF(20) 01 Jul 2007160-4-7-.20 Mandatory Pre-Determination of Local Educational Agency's Inability to Provide Services to (a) Student(s) with Disability
IDDF(21) 01 Jul 2007160-4-7-.21 Definitions
IDDG 21 Oct 2020160-4-5-.02 Language Instruction Program for English Learners (ELs)
IDDH03 May 2006160-4-2-.17 Early Intervention Program (EIP)
IDDL 11 Mar 2015160-4-3-.13 Youth Apprenticeship Programs
IDDM 31 Jan 2018160-4-8-.12 Alternative Education Programs
IDDN 09 Mar 2022160-4-3-.14 Work-Based Learning Programs
IDE(1) 01 Nov 2011160-5-1-.18 Competitive Interscholastic Activities in Grades 6-12
IDFA/MDBA 06 May 2001160-5-1-.20 Gender Equity in Sports
IDG(1) 09 Mar 1998160-4-3-.06 Short-Term Adult Agribusiness Program
IDG(2) 09 Mar 1998160-4-3-.07 Young Farmer Agribusiness (YFA) Program
IDG(3) 09 Mar 1998160-4-3-.08 Food Systems Technology Program
IEB13 Sep 2017160-4-9-.04 Charter Schools and Charter Systems Definitions
IEB(2)04 Feb 2026160-4-9-.05Charter Schools Petition Process
IEB(4)13 Sep 2017160-4-9-.07Charter Systems
IEC29 Aug 2007160-5-1-.08 Class Size
IFAA(1) 16 Feb 2023160-4-4-.10 Instructional Materials Selection and Recommendation
IFAA(2) 08 Sep 2016160-4-4-.20 Instructional Materials Advisory Committee
IFAD15 Oct 2025160-4-2-.40Georgia Early Literacy and Dyslexia Requirements
IFBD 15 Jun 1998160-4-4-.01 Media Programs
IFBGD 05 Jul 2017160-8-1-.01 Georgia Virtual School
IGB 05 Oct 2000160-4-2-.32 Student Support Team
IGD14 Sep 2022160-4-2-.39Dyslexia Identification and Support
IHA09 Aug 2023160-4-2-.13 Statewide Passing Score
IHE27 Nov 2014160-4-2-.11Promotion, Placement Retention
IHF(1) 01 Aug 1993160-4-2-.30 High School Graduation Requirements
IHF(2) 07 Dec 1993160-4-2-.06 High School Graduation Requirements
IHF(3) 03 Jul 1995160-4-2-.36 High School Graduation Requirements
IHF(4) 03 Aug 1998160-4-2-.46 High School Graduation Requirements for Students Enrolling in the Ninth Grade for the First Time in the 1997-98 School Year and Subsequent Years
IHF(5) 07 Mar 2002160-4-2-.47 High School Graduation Requirements for Students Enrolling in the Ninth Grade for the First Time in the 2002-03 School Year and Subsequent Years
IHF(6) 11 Mar 2020160-4-2-.48 High School Graduation Requirements for Students Enrolling in the Ninth Grade for the First Time in the 2008-09 School Year and Subsequent Years
II31 Jan 2024160-3-1-.07Testing Programs - Student Assessment
JB28 Dec 2022160-5-1-.10 Student Attendance
JBC05 Feb 2020160-5-1-.28 Student Enrollment and Withdrawal
JBC(2) 14 Aug 1997160-5-1-.24Procedure for Requesting Student Social Security Numbers
JBC(4) 24 Nov 2021160-5-1-.15 Awarding Units of Credit and Acceptance of Transfer Credit And/Or Grades
JBCCA31 Dec 2025160-5-4-.09Limited Public School Choice
JBCCA(2) 09 Aug 2017160-4-8-.16 Unsafe School Choice Option (USCO)
JCDAD/EDCB 29 May 2002160-5-3-.13 Student Safety
JD28 Nov 2018160-4-8-.15 Student Discipline
JE03 Sep 2000160-4-8-.01 Student Support Services
JEA/IGA04 Feb 2026160-4-8-.09Student Advisement
JGC12 Sep 2012160-4-8-.18Diabetes Medical Management Plans
JGCC/GANA 01 Nov 2011160-1-3-.03 Infectious Diseases
JGEB 31 Jan 2018160-4-8-.17 Case Management Consultation for Agency Placed Transfer Students
JGF 20 Dec 1990160-4-3-.10 Eye Protection
JGF(2) 29 Jul 2010160-5-1-.35 Seclusion and Restraint for All Students
JGI 17 Oct 1990160-4-8-.04 Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting
JGJ15 Oct 2015160-4-8-.19Suicide Prevention Training Requirement for Certificated School System Personnel
JNA 09 Dec 2004160-4-2-.23 Georgia Scholar Program
JNB12 Mar 2025160-5-1-.34Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program
JR06 Jul 1999160-5-1-.14 Transfer of Student Records
JS15 Jun 1998160-5-1-.12 Student Fees and Charges/Required Student Equipment and Materials
KL12 Sep 2012160-1-3-.05Assessment of Costs
KN15 Jun 1998160-1-3-.06 Petition for Acting on an Agency Rule or State Law
MDA28 Nov 2018160-5-1-.13 Regional Educational Service Agencies
MDBA/IDFA 06 May 2001160-5-1-.20 Gender Equity in Sports
MK16 Apr 2025160-7-1-.02Accrediting Agencies
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