O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 20-5-1 (2019)

State policy

✓ 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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It is declared to be the policy of the state, as a part of the provisions for public education, to promote the establishment of public library service throughout the state.

History

(Ga. L. 1943, p. 385, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 85.)

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 Use of school funds for construction of library facilities deemed expenditure for educational purposes. - In view of the inherent nature of library facilities as a learning tool and the pervasive relationship between educational authorities and library systems on both the state and local governmental levels, to-

gether with the stated legislative policy that the establishment of a public library service is to be part of the provisions for public education in this state, the use of common school funds for the construction of public library facilities is an expenditure for educational purposes. 1975 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 75-33.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 103 et seq.