2021 Georgia Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 1 - State Board of Education
§ 20-2-5. Oaths of Members; Board Meetings
The members of the State Board of Education shall take an oath of office for the faithful performance of their duties and the oath of allegiance to the federal and state Constitutions. The state board shall meet quarterly in regular session at such time as it may by regulation provide and may hold additional meetings at the call of the chairperson, provided that upon the written request of a majority of the members of the state board, the State School Superintendent shall call a meeting at any time.
(Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 10; Code 1933, § 32-402; Ga. L. 1937, p. 864, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 3; Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 1/HB 706.)
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000.'"
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Guy v. Nelson, 202 Ga. 728, 44 S.E.2d 775 (1947); Cook v. Davis, 178 F.2d 595 (5th Cir. 1949).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
State board cannot establish quorum less than majority.
- State Board of Education may not legally establish a quorum for the transaction of business which is less than a majority of the board's membership. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-292.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 74, 75, 167.
C.J.S.- 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 152, 200 et seq.
ALR.- 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.
