The legal basis of an international school in Georgia is defined by Article 34-1 of the Law on General Education: the implementation of a foreign-recognized general educational programme is admissible only where the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement has concluded an agreement with the authorized institution of the foreign country for the recognition of that programme. A separate "international school status" does not exist in the law — the page is written on exactly this construction.
The precondition of the agreement — the channel of recognition
Under paragraph 1 of Article 34-1, only the implementation of a foreign-recognized programme for whose recognition the Center has concluded an agreement with the foreign authorized institution is admissible in Georgia. The manner and conditions of concluding the agreement are determined by the Center's rules approved by government decree. This means that the legitimacy of an "international" programme is tested not by its name but through this channel of recognition.
The practical consequence is twofold. For the parent: the word "international" in a school's name carries no legal meaning — what matters is whether the implemented programme is recognized through this channel. For the founder: it is necessary to establish whether the Center has an agreement with the specific foreign programme, since without it the implementation is inadmissible from the outset and any authorization becomes groundless.