2025 Code of Georgia
Title 20 - Education (Chs. 1 — 18)
Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education (Arts. 1 — 13)
Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System (Pts. 1 — 3)

Annotations

Opinion Notes

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Participation by legislative officers in regional education board’s functions constitutional. —

Since the functions of the Southern Regional Education Board are now in fact essentially information gathering and advisory, performed with a view toward assisting the several states in their separate educational planning services, participation by legislative officers in those functions does not involve any constitutional violation. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-142.

Board of regents may construct buildings without advertising for bids

when no federal funds are involved. 1945-47 Ga. Op. Att'y Gen. 227.

If the board advertises for bids, the board should not prevent any contractor from bidding,

although the board may reserve the right to reject bids from persons not qualified to do the work. 1945-47 Ga. Op. Att'y Gen. 227.

Board has authority to collect traffic fines in regulation of the board’s institutions and students therein.

1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-69.

Research References & Practice Aids

Cross references.

Board of regents generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VIII, Sec. IV, Para. I.

Law reviews.

For article, “The Legal History of the University of Georgia,” see 1 Ga. L. Rev. No. 3, p. 3 (1927).

For note discussing the constitutional implications of higher nonresident tuition fees charged by state universities, see 8 Ga. St. B. J. 86 (1971).

For note, “State of the Unions: The Impact of Janus on Public University Student Fees,” see 54 Ga. L. Rev. 735 (2020).

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR.

Incorporated educational body as an institution belonging to the state, 65 A. L. R. 1394.

Validity Under Federal Constitution, of Regulations, Rules or Statutes Allowing Drug Testing of Students, 57 A. L. R. Fed. 3d 6.

Hierarchy Notes:

O. C. G. A. Title 20

O. C. G. A. Title 20, Ch. 3