Schrenko v. DeKalb County School District

I dissent to the majority’s adoption of the interpretation of OCGA § 20-2-188 (d) advanced by the Superintendent of Education (Superintendent). In my opinion, the trial court correctly upheld the construction of the statute urged by the DeKalb County School District (School District) and, based on that construction, properly awarded the transportation costs attributable to prior years.

Subsection (d) of OCGA § 20-2-188 provides, in relevant part, that

[s]tudents who live beyond one and one-half miles from the school to which they are assigned, according to the nearest practical route by school…