2021 Georgia Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 1 - State Board of Education
§ 20-2-9. Per Diem Allowances and Expenses of Members
Each member of the State Board of Education shall receive the sum provided for by Code Section 45-7-21 for each day of actual attendance at meetings of the state board or for each day of travel, within or outside the state, as a member of a committee of the state board which has been authorized by the chairman or by action of the state board, in addition to actual expenses incurred in connection therewith and actual costs of transportation to and from the place of meeting or place of visits or inspections. No member shall be authorized to receive the sums, expenses, and costs provided for by this Code section for more than 60 days per year. Such sums, expenses, and costs shall be paid from funds appropriated to or otherwise available to the Department of Education.
(Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 10; Code 1933, § 32-402; Ga. L. 1937, p. 864, § 2; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 110, § 3; Ga. L. 1973, p. 701, § 4; Ga. L. 1977, p. 226, § 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 4, § 4.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Application to board's regular work.
- Language of this section strongly suggests that the compensation provided and the limitation imposed were intended to apply only to the regular work of the board, either at the board's meetings, or in committees of the board authorized by the board or the board's chair. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-54.
Board may not authorize payment except as provided by section.- State Board of Education may not authorize the payment of per diem and traveling expenses to any of the board's members for services performed as a member of the board except as specifically provided by this section. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 132.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 308 et seq.
C.J.S.- 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 189 et seq.
