§ 20-2-2140 - Definitions
O.C.G.A. 20-2-2140 (2010)
20-2-2140. Definitions
As used in this article, the term:
(1) "Active duty" means full-time duty status in the active uniformed services of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. Sections 1209 and 1211.
(2) "Child of military families" means a school-aged child, enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12, in the household of an active duty member.
(3) "Deployment" means the period one month prior to the service members' departure from their home station on military orders though six months after return to their home station.
(4) "Educational records" means those official records, files, and data directly related to a student and maintained by the school or local education agency, including but not limited to records encompassing all the material kept in the student's cumulative folder such as general identifying data, records of attendance and of academic work completed, records of achievement and results of evaluative tests, health data, disciplinary status, test protocols, and individualized education programs.
(5) "Extracurricular activities" means a voluntary activity sponsored by the school or local education agency or an organization sanctioned by the local education agency. Extracurricular activities include, but are not limited to, preparation for and involvement in public performances, contests, athletic competitions, demonstrations, displays, and club activities.
(6) "Local education agency" means a public authority legally constituted by the state as an administrative agency to provide control of and direction for kindergarten through grade 12 public educational institutions.
(7) "Sending state" means the member state from which a child of a military family is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought.
(8) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands, and any other United States territory.
(9) "Student" means the child of a military family for whom the local education agency receives public funding and who is formally enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
(10) "Transition" means:
(A) The formal and physical process of transferring from school to school; or
(B) The period of time in which a student moves from one school in the sending state to another school in the receiving state.
(11) "Uniformed services" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Services.
(12) "Veteran" means a person who served in the uniformed services and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.