Section 16-8-8
Administration and supervision of schools generally.
The general administration and supervision of the public schools of the educational interests of each county, with the exception of cities having a city board of education, shall be vested in the county board of education; provided, that such general administration and supervision of any city having a city board of education may be consolidated with the administration and control of educational matters affecting the county and vested in the county board of education.
(School Code 1927, §86; Code 1940, T. 52, §62.)