Section 20-2-692.2. Foster care student attending court proceedings related to that student's foster care to be credited as present at school

   (a) As used in this Code section, the term "foster care student" means a student who is in a foster home or otherwise in the foster care system under the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services.

(b) A foster care student who attends court proceedings relating to the student's foster care shall be credited as present by the school and shall not be counted as an absence, either excused or unexcused, for any day, portion of a day, or days missed from school.

Code 1981, § 20-2-692.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 260, § 2/HB 314.