Board Created; Appointment of Members; Powers

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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Education
  4. Elementary and Secondary Education
  5. State Board of Education
  6. Board Created; Appointment of Members; Powers

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  1. The State Board of Education is created. The state board shall be composed of one member from each congressional district in this state, who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Governor shall not be a member of the state board. The state board provided for by this article shall have the powers and duties provided by law for the state board on January 25, 1943, and such as may be thereafter provided and shall be subject to all provisions of law with respect to the state board not inconsistent with this article.
  2. Except as provided in this article, the state board shall also have all the powers conferred by law upon the former State Board of Education abolished by Ga. L. 1937, p. 864, and shall perform all the duties required by law of such former state board as constituted on July 1, 1937.

(Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 9; Code 1933, § 32-401; Ga. L. 1937, p. 864, §§ 1, 4; Ga. L. 1941, p. 568, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 142, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1943, p. 636, §§ 2, 3, 6; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015, § 1001; Ga. L. 1996, p. 6, § 20.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 66.

22 Am. Jur. Proof of Facts, Schools, § 2.

C.J.S.

- 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 98, 99.

ALR.

- Validity, construction, and application of statutes or regulations, concerning recreational or social activities of pupils of public schools, 134 A.L.R. 1274.

Regulations as to fraternities and similar associations connected with educational institution, 10 A.L.R.3d 389.

Applicability and application of § 2 of Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 USCS § 1973) to members of school board, 105 A.L.R. Fed. 254.


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