(a) Before any school district shall issue bonds for the purposes described in § 6-20-1201, the issue shall be approved by the State Board of Education.
(b) If the school district has done everything necessary to comply with the law to authorize it to sell bonds except securing the approval of the state board, and if the state board does not meet for thirty (30) days, then in its discretion, the state board shall have the authority to authorize the Commissioner of Education to approve the issue of bonds.