O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 36-80-1 (2019)

Code of ethics; members of local board of education allowed to discuss policies and actions of such board outside of board meetings; exceptions

✓ 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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A local board of education shall not adopt or follow any code of ethics which prevents the members of such board from discussing freely the policies and actions of such board outside of a board meeting. This Code section shall not apply to any matter or matters discussed in executive session as defined in subsection (a) of Code Section 50-14-1 or which are exempt from disclosure under Code Section 50-18-72.

History

Code 1981, § 36-80-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 200, § 1/SB 275.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - Former Code Section 36-80-1, pertaining to all meetings of governing bodies to be public; private ex-

ecutive sessions; penalty, was repealed by Ga. L. 1988, p. 235, § 2, effective July 1, 1988. The former Code section was based on Ga. L. 1965, p. 118, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8; and Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 36.