Whenever the county board of education deems it for the best interest of the schools of the county, it shall also have the right and power to contract with individuals or corporations for the transportation of pupils and school employees to and from school.
(Ga. L. 1947, p. 1461, § 3.)
Cross references.- Power to contract for transportation of pupils, § 20-2-504.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Local school board's authority to contract with local transit authority.- There is no limitation on a local school board's authority to contract with a local transit authority for reduced fares for students. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. U89-11.
Lease agreement whereunder board leases buses for single year is not on the agreement's face illegal merely because the agreement also gives the school board three one-year renewal options coupled with a purchase option exercisable at the end of the final renewal period; such an agreement might be subject to attack, however, if the yearly "rental payments" are so grossly in excess of what reasonably could be considered to be the "fair rental value" of the buses as to lead to a conclusion that the transaction, while disguised as a lease-plus-purchase option, is essentially a "conditional sale." 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-33.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 281 et seq.
C.J.S.- 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 1044 et seq.
ALR.- Tort liability of public schools and institutions of higher learning for accidents associated with transportation of students, 23 A.L.R.5th 1.