O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-5.2 (2019)

Chairperson and other officers; election; term and duties of chairperson

✓ 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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The State Board of Education shall elect a chairperson and such other officers it may deem appropriate. The term of the chairperson shall be fixed by the state board. The chairperson shall preside at meetings of the state board, set the agenda for the state board, and perform such other duties as required by the state board.

History

Code 1981, § 20-2-5.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 4; Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 2/HB 706.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 1, not codified by

the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000.’”

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Chair of the State Board of Education has the authority to set the Board’s agenda and may require employees of the Department of Education to provide information to or perform functions for the board, but must first make a reasonable attempt to consult with the

State School Superintendent. 2001 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2001-5. Chair of the State Board of Education may, after reasonable attempts at consultation with the State School Superintendent, direct the designation of one or more employees of the Department of

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Education to carry out various executive or administrative functions of the board. However, the board’s authority is limited in that the board may not infringe on the Superintendent’s authority to manage the day-to-day operations of the Department. 2001 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2001-5. State Board of Education may require that the Board be provided

with information about Department of Education employees. However, the frequency with which such information is required or the amount of such information could reach a point at which the information improperly infringes on the day-to-day operation of the Department. 2001 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2001-5.