O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-2-5 (2019)

Oaths of members; board meetings

✓ 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 members of the State Board of Education shall take an oath of office for the faithful performance of their duties and the oath of allegiance to the federal and state Constitutions. The state board shall meet quarterly in regular session at such time as it may by regulation provide and may hold additional meetings at the call of the chairperson, provided that upon the written request of a majority of the members of

ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUC.

the state board, the State School Superintendent shall call a meeting at any time.

History

Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 10; Code 1933, § 32-402; Ga. L. 1937, p. 864, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 3; Ga. L. 2012, p. 358, § 1/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 State board cannot establish quorum less than majority. - 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. 67292.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 74, 75, 167. C.J.S. 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 152, 200 et seq.

ALR. 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.