Georgia Code, Title 20, Chapter 2, Article 3 - Local Boards of Education

• § 20-2-49 - Standards for Local Board of Education Members
  The General Assembly finds that local boards of education play a critical role in setting the policies that lead to the operation and success...
• § 20-2-50 - County School Districts; County Board for Each County
  Each county of this state, exclusive of any independent school system in existence in a county, shall compose one school district and shall be...
• § 20-2-51 - 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.
  (a) No person shall be eligible for election as a member of a local board of education who is not a resident of the...
• § 20-2-52 - Term of Office; Number of Members; Staggering of Terms
  (a) Effective January 1, 2012, members of local boards of education shall be elected for terms of not less than four years, provided that...
• § 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
  (a) On and after January 1, 2015, in counties in which there is being collected a homestead option sales and use tax pursuant to...
• § 20-2-53 - Certifying Election or Appointment of County Board Members
  In addition to certifications of elections now required to be made to the Governor, it shall be the duty of the elections superintendent of...
• § 20-2-54 - Resignation of Member of County Board or Superintendent
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1986, p. 996, § 3, effective July 1, 1986.
• § 20-2-54.1 - Procedure for Filling Vacancies on Local Boards
  (a) In all instances where local laws applicable to local boards of education do not provide otherwise, a vacancy occurring for any reason on...
• § 20-2-55 - Per Diem, Insurance, and Expenses of Local Board Members
  (a) (1) In any local school system for which no local Act is passed, members of the local board of education shall, when approved...
• § 20-2-56 - Nonpartisan Elections for Members of Boards of Education
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the General Assembly may provide by local law for the election in nonpartisan elections of...
• § 20-2-57 - Organization of County Boards; Chairperson and Secretary; Quorum; Record of Proceedings
  (a) Unless otherwise provided by local law or, in the absence of local law, by local board policy, upon being called together by one...
• § 20-2-58 - Regular Monthly Meeting of Local Boards; Adjournment; Temporary Presiding Officer; Notice of Date
  It shall be the duty of each local board of education to hold a regular meeting during each calendar month for the transaction of...
• § 20-2-58.1 - "Immediate Family" Defined; Employment of Family Members
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "immediate family" means a spouse, child, sibling, or parent or the spouse of a child,...
• § 20-2-59 - Rules
  The county school superintendent and county board of education shall make rules to govern the county schools of their county.
• § 20-2-60 - Consolidation of County Schools
  The board of education of any county shall have the right, if, in its opinion, the welfare of the schools of the county and...
• § 20-2-61 - Fundamental Roles of Local Boards of Education and Local School Superintendents
  (a) The fundamental role of a local board of education shall be to establish policy for the local school system with the focus on...
• § 20-2-62 - Employment of County Agents and Home Demonstration Agents to Carry on Extension Work
  Power is conferred upon the county tax levying authorities of the several counties, as well as the county boards of education, to carry on...
• § 20-2-63 - Prohibit Certain Conflicts of Interest of Board Members
  (a) (1) No local board of education member shall use or attempt to use his or her official position to secure unwarranted privileges, advantages,...
• § 20-2-64 - Establishment and Maintenance of Trusts or Funds
  (a) Each local board of education is authorized to establish and maintain one or more funds or trusts for the purposes specified in this...
• § 20-2-65 - Programs for Care and Supervision of Students Before School, After School, or During Vacation Periods
  (a) The General Assembly of Georgia, recognizing the need for providing school age children with programs outside the normal school curriculum that enable them...
• § 20-2-66 - School Breakfast Programs
  (a) Each local school system in this state is encouraged to establish and support a school breakfast program to make breakfast available to all...
• § 20-2-67 - 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
  (a) When an audit by the Department of Audits and Accounts finds and reports irregularities or budget deficits in the fund accounting information regarding...
• § 20-2-68 - Information for Verification of Fund Expenditure
  The Office of Planning and Budget shall collect from local school systems and local school systems shall supply information sufficient for the Office of...
• § 20-2-69 - Requirements and Procedures for Issuing and Awarding High School Diplomas to Honorably Discharged World War II Veterans
  Each local board of education shall issue high school diplomas to veterans who failed to receive diplomas due to an interruption of their education...
• § 20-2-70 - Requirements and Procedures for Issuing and Awarding High School Diplomas to Honorably Discharged Korean Conflict and Vietnam Conflict Veterans
  Each local board of education shall issue high school diplomas to veterans who failed to receive diplomas due to an interruption of their education...
• § 20-2-71 - Placement of Twins or Higher Order Multiples in the Same Classroom
  (a) For purposes of this Code section, the term "higher order multiples" means triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more.(b) A school must place twins or...
• § 20-2-72 - Code of Ethics for Local Board of Education Members
  (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt a model code of ethics for members of local boards of education by October 1, 2010....
• § 20-2-73 - Suspension and Removal of Local School Board Members Upon Potential Loss of Accreditation; Procedures; Prohibition on Use of Public Funds for Litigation Expenses; Reimbursement of Expenses
  (a) Notwithstanding Code Section 20-2-54.1 or any other provisions of law to the contrary, if a local school system or school is placed on...
• § 20-2-74 - Solicit and Accept Donations for Educational Purposes
  Local boards of education shall be authorized to solicit and accept donations, contributions, and gifts of money from any source for the purposes of...
• § 20-2-75 - Failure of Board Members to Fulfill Obligations; Litigation Expenses; Role of Attorney General
  Repealed by Ga. L. 2015, p. 385, § 1-4.1/HB 252, effective July 1, 2015.

Last modified: October 14, 2016