O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2095.5 (2019)
Promulgation of rules and regulations
Article 32 Short title. Legislative findings; purpose. Definitions. Annual notification of options available to parents of special needs students. Qualifications for scholarship; financial responsibility; state-wide assessments; exception; compliance. Eligibility requirements for schools participating in scholarship program; application of participating school. Amount of scholarship; method of payments. Adoption and promulgation of rules; immunity from liability for scholarship decisions; schools may be barred from program participation for certain actions. Annual report. Article 34 Intradistrict Transfers High School Athletics Overview Committee mittee to review operations of high school athletic associations. Powers and duties. Cooperation and reporting by high school athletic associations. Evaluation of performance of high school athletic associations. Expenditure of funds; compensation of members; funding.
Creation of oversight com- Definitions. Enrollment of students in school to which not originally assigned; procedure; annual notification; exception.
ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUC.
Annotations
Cross references. Property taxation for school purposes generally, § 48-5-400 et seq. Duty of Department of Audits and Accounts to audit books and accounts of school systems, § 50-6-6.
Law reviews. For note on 1991 amendments to this chapter, see 8 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 66 (1992).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Absence from or inability to attend school or college as affecting liability for or right to recover payments for tuition or board, 20 A.L.R.4th 303. Circumstances warranting judicial de-
termination or declaration of unitary status with regard to schools operating under court-ordered or court-supervised desegregation plans and the effect of such declarations, 94 A.L.R. Fed. 667.
ARTICLE 1 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Cross references. State Board of Education generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VIII, Sec. II, Para. I.
Leave to appeal, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 31.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code 1910, § 1432 et seq., which was subsequently repealed but was succeeded by provisions in this article, are included in the annotations for this article. Only conflicting existing law repealed by 1919 provisions. - Only that part of the existing law which was in conflict with certain provisions enacted in 1919 was repealed by Ga. L. 1919, p. 288. Orr v. Riley, 160 Ga. 480, 128 S.E. 669, 1925 Ga. LEXIS 190 (1925) (decided under former Code 1910, § 1432 et seq.).
Testimony on fiscal affairs of board of education. - County school superintendent acts as the chief fiscal officer of the board of education; in this capacity the superintendent qualifies to testify concerning the fiscal affairs of the board, and there is no error in the admission of testimony by the county school superintendent outlining the expenditure required of the board of education under the Quality Basic Education Act, O.C.G.A. § 20-2-130 et seq. Hicks v. Arnall, 258 Ga. 296, 368 S.E.2d 733, 1988 Ga. LEXIS 254 (1988).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Board of education is not liable for accidental injuries to students. 1962 Ga. Op. Att’y Gen. 175. Board cannot establish quorum less than majority of membership. -
State Board of Education may not legally establish a quorum for the transaction of business which is less than a majority of the board’s membership. 1967 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 67-292.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Transportation of school pupils at ex-
pense of public, 63 A.L.R. 413; 118 A.L.R. 806; 146 A.L.R. 625.
Power and duty of school authorities to maintain kindergartens or specialized departments, 70 A.L.R. 1313. Status of teacher as an officer or employee, 75 A.L.R. 1352. Power of school authorities to transfer teacher from one school or district to another, 103 A.L.R. 1382.
Right of student to hearing on charges before suspension or expulsion from educational institution, 58 A.L.R.2d 903. Libel and slander: Privileged nature of statements or utterances by member of school board in course of official proceedings, 85 A.L.R.3d 1137.