Powers of Board

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6. In General
7. Powers of Board

The board of trustees shall have the authority:

1. To make such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary for the performance of its duties;
2. To elect or appoint professors, educators, stewards, or any other officers necessary for the Georgia Military College; to discontinue or remove them as the good of the college may require; and to fix their compensations;
3. To determine the policy and shape the conduct of the college;
4. To receive donations, bequests, and contributions to the college;
5. To sign, execute, and deliver in the name of the college all bonds that may be required of the college or its officers or trustees;
6. To execute and deliver in the name of the college all contracts that may be needed or necessary;
7. To borrow money, execute and deliver the note of the college, and to secure the same;
8. To make purchases;
9. To erect buildings and equip them on lands belonging to the college, on land loaned or leased to the college, and on lands of the state heretofore or hereafter granted to or set apart for use of the college;
10. To administer scholarships, loans, and financial assistance programs as may become available; and
11. To exercise any power usually granted to such board, necessary to its usefulness, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this state.

(Code 1981, §20-3-546, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 579, § 1.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Pledge of real property not authorized.

- Board of trustees of the Georgia Military College cannot pledge as security the real property to which the board holds title. 1997 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 97-9.

Georgia Military College is not a "local school system" and is ineligible to be a member of a regional educational service agency. 1997 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U97-30.

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