2020 Georgia Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 3 - Local Boards of Education
- § 20-2-49. (For Effective Date, See note.) Standards for Local Board of Education Members
- § 20-2-50. County School Districts; County Board for Each County
- § 20-2-51. (For Effective Date, See note.) Election of Local Board of Education Members; Persons Ineligible to Be Members or Superintendent; Ineligibility for Local Boards of Education; Ineligibility for Other Elective Offices
- § 20-2-52. Term of Office; Number of Members; Staggering of Terms
- § 20-2-52.1. Composition and Election of County Boards of Education in Counties in Which There Is a Homestead Option Sales and Use Tax and a County Sales and Use Tax for Educational Purposes; Terms of Service
- § 20-2-53. Certifying Election or Appointment of County Board Members
- § 20-2-54. Resignation of Member of County Board or Superintendent
- § 20-2-54.1. Procedure for Filling Vacancies on Local Boards
- § 20-2-55. Per Diem, Insurance, and Expenses of Local Board Members
- § 20-2-56. Nonpartisan Elections for Members of Boards of Education
- § 20-2-57. Organization of County Boards; Chairperson and Secretary; Quorum; Record of Proceedings
- § 20-2-58. (For Effective Date, See note.) Regular Monthly Meeting of Local Boards; Adjournment; Temporary Presiding Officer; Notice of Date; Template for Financial Review; Public Comment Period
- § 20-2-58.1. "Immediate Family" Defined; Employment of Family Members
- § 20-2-59. Rules
- § 20-2-60. Consolidation of County Schools
- § 20-2-61. (For Effective Date, See note.) Fundamental Roles of Local Boards of Education and Local School Superintendents
- § 20-2-62. Employment of County Agents and Home Demonstration Agents to Carry on Extension Work
- § 20-2-63. Prohibit Certain Conflicts of Interest of Board Members
- § 20-2-64. Establishment and Maintenance of Trusts or Funds
- § 20-2-65. Programs for Care and Supervision of Students Before School, After School, or During Vacation Periods
- § 20-2-66. School Breakfast Programs
- § 20-2-67. (For Effective Date, See note.) Local School System or School Subject to Corrective Action Plan for Budget Deficit; Financial Operations Form; Publication; Mailing to Department of Education and Local Governing Body
- § 20-2-68. Information for Verification of Fund Expenditure
- § 20-2-69. Requirements and Procedures for Issuing and Awarding High School Diplomas to Honorably Discharged World War Ii Veterans
- § 20-2-70. Requirements and Procedures for Issuing and Awarding High School Diplomas to Honorably Discharged Korean Conflict and Vietnam Conflict Veterans
- § 20-2-71. Placement of Twins or Higher Order Multiples in the Same Classroom
- § 20-2-72. Code of Ethics for Local Board of Education Members
- § 20-2-73. (For Effective Date, See note.) Suspension and Removal of Local School Board Members Upon Potential Loss of Accreditation or Where One-Half or More of Schools in System Are Turnaround Eligible Schools; Procedures; Petition for Reinstatement; Prohibition on Use of Public Funds for Litigation Expenses; Reimbursement of Expenses
- § 20-2-74. Solicit and Accept Donations for Educational Purposes
- § 20-2-75. Failure of Board Members to Fulfill Obligations; Litigation Expenses; Role of Attorney General
- Local school systems generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VIII, Sec. V.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
County superintendent and school board made constitutional offices by 1945 Constitution.
- Constitution of 1945 did not purport to disturb the comprehensive code of statutory school laws other than to make the offices of the county school superintendent and the county boards of education constitutional rather than statutory. Saxon v. Bell, 201 Ga. 797, 41 S.E.2d 536 (1947).
Board member entitled to hold office until successor elected.
- Member of the county board of education, whose term had not expired at the time of the adoption of the 1945 Constitution, was entitled to hold office until a successor was elected and qualified. Powell v. Price, 201 Ga. 833, 41 S.E.2d 539 (1947).
County board of education is not a natural person, a partnership, or a body corporate with authority to sue or be sued in the ordinary sense. Accordingly, the county board could not as sole plaintiff maintain a suit for an injunction to restrain the defendant from interfering with the possession and use of property claimed by the defendant. Verner v. Board of Educ., 203 Ga. 521, 47 S.E.2d 500 (1948).
Cited in Burke v. Wheeler County, 54 Ga. App. 81, 187 S.E. 246 (1936); Wheeler v. Board of Trustees, 200 Ga. 323, 37 S.E.2d 322 (1946); Davis v. Board of Educ., 203 Ga. 44, 45 S.E.2d 429 (1947).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
County superintendent and school board made constitutional offices by 1945 Constitution.
- The 1945 Constitution did not purport to disturb the comprehensive code of statutory school laws other than to make the offices of the county school superintendent and the county boards of education constitutional rather than statutory. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 143.
Local school districts have been abolished, and the trustees are required to turn over to the county board of education all funds derived from the maintenance tax or from the bond tax, the trustees retaining only advisory functions. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 186.
Provisions creating county bond commission invalid.- Act creating a county bond commission to control the expenditure of funds raised by the issuance of bonds of a county school district is invalid as a special act in conflict with a general law on the same subject. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 172.
Student in vocational program remains in common or public school system.- High school student who is assigned to a vocational education program operated by a county or independent school system remains in the common or public schools operated by the system, and the student may therefore continue to be included in the county or independent system's computations of "average daily attendance" for purposes of the system's general allotment of teachers and other professional personnel. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 775.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Extent of power of school district to provide for the comfort and convenience of teachers and pupils, 52 A.L.R. 249.
Right of student to hearing on charges before suspension or expulsion from educational institution, 58 A.L.R.2d 903.
Libel and slander: privileged nature of statements or utterances by member of school board in course of official proceedings, 85 A.L.R.3d 1137.
Liability of university, college, or other school for failure to protect student from crime, 1 A.L.R.4th 1099.
Tort liability of public schools and institutions of higher learning for educational malpractice, 1 A.L.R.4th 1139.
Tort liability of public schools and institutions of higher learning for educational malpractice, 11 A.L.R.7th 5.
