GA Code § 20-2-59 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 3 - Local Boards of Education|§ 20-2-59. Rules

 The county school superintendent and county board of education shall make rules to govern the county schools of their county.   (Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 88; Code 1933, § 32-912; Ga. L. 1956, p. 747, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1104, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    Power to manage and control county school systems in Georgia  rests in the county board of education; the county school superintendent is obliged to comply with and carry out all rules, regulations, and instructions of the county board of education. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-65.   State board cannot stop student from passing should county board feel child reading sufficiently.   - Inasmuch as this section has been judicially endorsed numerous times, and in consideration of the fact that the State Board of Education has no express authority to preempt local boards in decisions concerning promotion of individual students, it would appear that the state board cannot directly stop an individual student from passing to the next grade level should the county board feel the child is reading sufficiently. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-63.   State board may, as condition of fiscal assistance, require implementation of state reading requirements.   - Although the State Board of Education does not have explicit authority to directly preclude a student in a local school district from progressing from one grade level to another if the child is not capable of reading in the higher grade level, the board may, as a condition of continued state fiscal assistance, require local boards of education to implement state board established reading requirements. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-63.    Rules and regulations adopted by school boards must be reasonable;  otherwise the rules and regulations cannot be enforced. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 136.   County board may provide that no county bus shall transport students to unassigned areas.   - Under the general regulatory powers granted county boards of education, a county board, when the board deems it to be in the best interest and for the most efficient operation of the schools of the county, may, by regulations duly adopted, provide that no school bus under the jurisdiction of the board shall transport pupils to any attendance area other than areas to which the school bus has been assigned by the board. 1950-51 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 272.    Minimum age necessary for student to enroll in public schools of Georgia  is administrative question to be decided by each county or city board of education. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 274.   Minimum and maximum ages of children who may be taught in the public schools is a matter which addresses itself to the local boards of education. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-10.    County board may suspend children for conducting themselves in a manner calculated to produce disorder  or for committing immoral acts. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 136.   Use or possession of tobacco products.   - Local school board may promulgate a policy which prohibits the use of tobacco products by the board's employees while on school property, but may not impose a policy which prohibits the possession of tobacco products by the board's employees while on school property. 1988 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U88-9.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 78 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 196 et seq.   ALR.    - Power of school authorities to employ physicians, nurses, oculists, and dentists, 12 A.L.R. 922.    Power of school authorities to transfer teacher from one school or district to another, 103 A.L.R. 1382.    Validity, construction, and application of statutes or regulations concerning recreational or social activities of pupils of public schools, 134 A.L.R. 1274.   Power of school district or school board to employ counsel, 75 A.L.R.2d 1339.   Regulations as to fraternities and similar associations connected with educational institution, 10 A.L.R.3d 389.   Validity, construction, and effect of municipal residency requirements for teachers, principals, and other school employees, 75 A.L.R.4th 272.