O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-103 (2019)

Oath of local school superintendent

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Before entering upon the discharge of his or her official duties, the local school superintendent shall take and subscribe to the following oath of office: STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF I, perform the , do solemnly swear or affirm that I will truly duties of local school superintendent of the School System to the best of my ability.

ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUC.

I do further swear or affirm:

(1) That I am not the holder of any unaccounted for public money due this state or any political subdivision or authority thereof and that I will manage the finances of the local school system in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations;

(2) That I am not the holder of any office of trust under the government of the United States, any other state, or any foreign state which I am by the laws of the State of Georgia prohibited from holding;

(3) That I am otherwise qualified to hold said office according to the Constitution and the laws of Georgia; and

(4) That I will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state. Signature of local school superintendent Typed name of local school superintendent Sworn and subscribed before me this of , (SEAL).

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History

Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 152; Code 1933, § 32-1007; Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 6/HB 706; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 20/HB 79; Ga. L. 2020, p. 62, § 1-9/SB 68. The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, added “and that I will manage the

finances of the local school system in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations” at the end of paragraph (1).

Annotations

Cross references. Official oaths, § 45-3-1 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 131.