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GA Code § 20-2-410 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 2 - Receipt and Disbursement of Funds|§ 20-2-410. Liability for and Distribution of Funds

 When the funds drawn under apportionment and any funds raised by local taxation are placed in the hands of any county school superintendent, he shall be liable on his official bond as treasurer for all amounts received and shall disburse the funds only upon the order of the county board of education; and the superintendent shall not be entitled to compensation for receiving any funds as provided in this Code section.   (Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 114; Code 1933, § 32-941.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 110, 115.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 228 et seq., 699 et seq.   ALR.    - Right of school district to maintain action based on misapportionment of school money, 105 A.L.R. 1273.
GA Code § 20-2-411 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 2 - Receipt and Disbursement of Funds|§ 20-2-411. School Fund Kept Separate; Use of Funds; Separation of School Taxes; Investments

 When the public school fund shall be received and receipted for, it shall be the duty of the officers authorized by law to receive such fund and keep it separate and distinct from other funds. The school funds shall be used for educational purposes and may be used to pay the salaries of personnel and to pay for the utilization of school facilities, including school buses, for extracurricular and interscholastic activities, including literary events, music and athletic programs within individual schools and between schools in the same or in different school systems when such activities are sponsored by local boards of education as an integral part of the total school program, and for no other purpose. When taxes are paid into the state treasury, the comptroller general shall in no case receipt a tax collector for them until that part of the tax so paid in which was raised for school purposes is separated in amount from the gross amount paid in. It shall be lawful to invest school funds in securities of the states, United States, or municipalities of this state or in certificates of deposit.   (Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 115; Code 1933, § 32-942; Ga. L. 1969, p. 721, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 94, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 20; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 20/HB 79.)   Cross references.   - Expenditures for uniforms for maintenance, food service, or custodial personnel, § 20-2-980.   Law reviews.   - For article, "Education Law," see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 281 (2001).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Burke v. Wheeler County, 54 Ga. App. 81, 187 S.E. 246 (1936); Tripp v. State, 89 Ga. App. 335, 79 S.E.2d 591 (1953); Oconee County v. Rowland, 107 Ga. App. 108, 129 S.E.2d 373 (1962); Fulton County v. Fulton County Sch. Dist., 246 Ga. App. 631, 542 S.E.2d 507 (2000).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Educational Purposes   Investment of Funds    RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 110, 125, 126, 135 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 699 et seq.   ALR.   - Nature and extent of transportation that must be furnished under statute requiring free transportation of school pupils, 52 A.L.R.3d 1036.
GA Code § 20-2-490 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 4 - Taxation|§ 20-2-490. Municipalities Authorized to Levy School Taxes

 Authority is given by the Constitution of Georgia to municipalities now authorized by law to operate independent school systems to maintain public schools in their respective limits by local taxation.   (Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 127; Code 1933, § 32-1111; Ga. L. 1946, p. 206, § 14.)   Cross references.   - Authority of municipal corporations to maintain existing independent school systems, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VIII, Sec. V, Para. I.    Municipal tax for independent school systems, § 48-5-405.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Editor's notes.   - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code 1910, § 1551 (130, 134, and 153), which were subsequently repealed but were succeeded by provisions in this Code section, are included in the annotations for this Code section.    Section is interpreted in the light of fundamental restriction upon taxation imposed by the constitution of this state and will not be given a construction which violates the constitutional provision. Penick v. Foster, 129 Ga. 217, 58 S.E. 773, 12 L.R.A. (n.s.) 1159, 12 Ann. Cas. 346 (1907); Almand v. Board of Educ., 161 Ga. 911, 131 S.E. 897 (1926) (decided under former Code 1910, § 1551(130), (134) and (153)).   Levying tax within independent school district for support of county schools.    - This section does not authorize county authorities to levy a tax upon taxable property within an independent school district existing in a city for the support of the public schools of the county under the control of the county board of education. Almand v. Board of Educ., 161 Ga. 911, 131 S.E. 897 (1926) (decided under former Code 1910, § 1551(130), (134) and (153)).    Local tax election will be held void if notice was not in compliance with section. Dooly v. Mayor of Fairmount, 146 Ga. 689, 92 S.E. 209 (1917) (decided under former Code 1910, § 1551(130), (134) and (153)).   Persons entitled to vote in bond election.    - No person is lawfully entitled to vote in a school district bond election held under this section whose name does not appear on any list of the county registrars filed with the clerk of the superior court of the county showing the names of the registered voters of the county entitled to vote. Chapman v. Sumner Consol. Sch. Dist., 152 Ga. 450, 109 S.E. 129 (1921); Trustees of St. Clair Sch. Dist. No. 10 v. Broxton, 38 Ga. App. 65, 142 S.E. 575 (1928) (decided under former Code 1910, § 1551(130), (134) and (153)).    Cited in Board of Educ. v. Bates, 114 Ga. App. 343, 151 S.E.2d 524 (1966); McDaniel v. Thomas, 248 Ga. 632, 285 S.E.2d 156 (1981).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 78, 79.
GA Code § 20-2-491 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 4 - Taxation|§ 20-2-491. Performance Audit on Capital Outlay Projects Funded by Sales Tax

  When a sales tax for educational purposes is imposed for capital outlay projects as provided in Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 and such tax generates or is reasonably anticipated to generate annualized proceeds of $5 million per year or more, the expenditure of tax proceeds shall be subject to an ongoing performance audit or performance review as provided in this Code section; but this Code section shall not apply if such tax generates annualized proceeds below $5 million.   Each local board of education expending tax proceeds for capital outlay projects shall provide for a continuing performance audit or performance review of the expenditure of such funds. The local board of education shall contract with an outside auditor, consultant, or other provider for such performance audit or performance review. The performance audit or performance review contract shall:   Include a goal of ensuring to the maximum extent possible that the tax funds are expended efficiently and economically, so as to secure to the expending school district the maximum possible benefit from the tax dollars collected;   Provide for the issuance of periodic public reports, not less often than once annually, with respect to the extent to which expenditures are meeting the goal specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection; and   Provide for the issuance of periodic public recommendations, not less often than once annually, for improvements in meeting the goal specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.     The auditor, consultant, or other provider to carry out the performance audit or performance review shall be selected through a public request for proposals process. The cost of the performance audit or performance review may be paid from the proceeds of the sales tax for educational purposes or any other available funds of the local school system.   The performance audit or review shall be required when the sales tax for educational purposes is imposed in whole or in part for capital outlay projects but shall not be required when the sales tax for educational purposes is imposed for the sole purpose of retirement of previously incurred general obligation debt.   The requirements of this Code section shall apply with respect to any sales tax for educational purposes which is in effect on July 1, 2003, as well as any sales tax for educational purposes imposed or reimposed on or after that date.     (Code 1981, §20-2-491, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 185, § 6.)   Law reviews.   - For note on the 2003 enactment of this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2003).
GA Code § 20-2-522 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 1 - Powers of Local Boards|§ 20-2-522. Condemnation Procedure

 Condemnation proceedings by the boards and systems referred to in Code Section 20-2-521 shall take the form provided in Chapter 1 of Title 22 and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 22 or the form provided in Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 22, provided that county boards of education in counties of this state having a population (including the population of any independent school district located in such county) of more than 500,000 according to the United States decennial census of 1950 or any future such census may use the form provided in Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 22.   (Ga. L. 1947, p. 1130, § 2; Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 174, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 100, § 2; Ga. L. 1961, p. 2864, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 20.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Amount of property which may be condemned for public school, 71 A.L.R.2d 1071.   Zoning regulations as applied to public elementary and high schools, 74 A.L.R.3d 136.
GA Code § 20-2-540 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 2 - Exemption From Levy and Sale|§ 20-2-540. Exemption of School Property From Levy and Sale

 Each and every lot or parcel of land which has been or may hereafter be obtained by any county board of education or independent school district, together with any buildings erected thereon for school purposes and all school furniture, shall be exempt from levy and sale under any execution or other writ or order in the nature of an execution, provided that the lot of land so exempted shall not exceed ten acres; and if there is any excess over that number of acres, then that portion not to exceed ten acres most convenient for school purposes shall be exempt as provided in this Code section, the exempted portion to be set off by order of the county board or the boards of trustees of the independent school system.   (Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 116; Ga. L. 1926, Ex. Sess., p. 17, § 1; Code 1933, § 32-943; Ga. L. 1946, p. 206, § 7; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 20.)   Cross references.   - Execution and judicial sales generally, T. 9, C. 13.
GA Code § 20-2-550 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)|§ 20-2-550. Short Title

 This part may be cited as the "Georgia Education Authority (Schools) Act."   (Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 871, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Liability of school or school personnel in connection with suicide of student, 17 A.L.R.5th 179.   Liability of public or private schools or institutions of higher learning, or personnel thereof, in connection with suicide of student, 100 A.L.R.6th 563.
GA Code § 20-2-554 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)|§ 20-2-554. Functions and Powers of Vocational Trade School Building Authority and School Building Authority for the Deaf and Blind Transferred to Authority

 All of the rights, powers, and functions of the Vocational Trade School Building Authority and the School Building Authority for the Deaf and Blind shall be transferred to and conferred upon the authority. Upon such transfer of the rights, powers, and functions to the authority, the Vocational Trade School Building Authority and the State School Building Authority for the Deaf and Blind shall be abolished.   (Ga. L. 1956, p. 806, §§ 1, 2.)   Editor's notes.   - The Vocational Trade School Building Authority was created by Ga. L. 1951, p. 132. The State School Building Authority for the Deaf and Blind was created by Ga. L. 1951, p. 637.
GA Code § 20-2-555 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)|§ 20-2-555. Authority to Issue Revenue Bonds; Terms

 The authority, or any authority or body which has or which may in the future succeed to the powers, duties, and liabilities vested in the authority created by this part, shall have power, at one time or from time to time, to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable revenue bonds in an unlimited amount for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost, as defined in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Code Section 20-2-551, of any one project or combination of projects. The principal and interest, if any, of such revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund provided in this part for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated; shall bear interest, if any, at such rate or rates, payable on a date or dates certain; shall mature at such time or times not exceeding 30 years from their date or dates; shall be payable in such medium of payment as to both principal and interest as may be determined by the authority; and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority in the resolution provided for the issuance of the bonds.   (Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 5; Ga. L. 1960, p. 775, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1001, § 4/HB 936.)   Cross references.   - Revenue bonds generally, § 36-82-60 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 38 et seq., 358, 360, 362, 379, 380, 385.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 756.
GA Code § 20-2-556 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)|§ 20-2-556. Form of Bonds; Denominations; Place of Payment; Registration

 The authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest, if any, thereof, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. The bonds may be issued in coupon or registered form, or both, as the authority may determine; and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bond as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, if any.   (Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 6; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1001, § 5/HB 936.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 163, 166, 172 et seq., 183.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 761, 762, 764, 784.
GA Code § 20-2-557 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)|§ 20-2-557. Signing, Sealing, and Attesting Bonds

 In case any officer whose signature shall appear on any bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear on any coupon shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. All such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the authority, and the official seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto and attested by the secretary of the authority, and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the signature or facsimile signature of the chairman of the authority. Any coupon may bear the facsimile signature of such person, and any bond may be signed, sealed, and attested on behalf of the authority by such persons as at the actual time of the execution of such bonds shall be duly authorized or hold the proper office, although at the date of such bonds such persons may not have been so authorized or shall not have held such office.   (Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, § 166 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 784.
GA Code § 20-2-558 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)|§ 20-2-558. Bonds Negotiable

 All revenue bonds issued under this part shall have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under Article 8 of Title 11.   (Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 8.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 11 Am. Jur. 2d, Bills and Notes, §§ 5, 11, 20, 29, 37, 40, 52, 80.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 786.   ALR.    - Bond or warrant of governmental subdivision as subject of taxation or exemption, 44 A.L.R. 510.
GA Code § 20-2-559 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)|§ 20-2-559. Manner of Sale and Price of Bonds

 The authority may sell its bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority.   (Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 9; Ga. L. 1960, p. 775, § 2; Ga. L. 1967, p. 871, § 4; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1001, § 6/HB 936.)   Cross references.   - Georgia Building Authority generally, T. 50, C. 9.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, § 196 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 756, 779 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-560 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)|§ 20-2-560. Use of Bond Proceeds; Additional Bonds

 The proceeds of bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or combined project and shall be disbursed upon requisition or order of the chairperson of the authority under such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the trust indenture mentioned in Code Section 20-2-565 may provide. If the proceeds of such bonds, by error of calculation or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the project or combined project, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit. Unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture, such additional bonds shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund, without preference or priority, as the bonds first issued for the same purpose. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the amount required for the purpose for which such bonds are issued, the surplus shall be paid into the fund provided in Code Section 20-2-567 for the payment of principal and interest, if any, of such bonds.   (Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 10; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1001, § 7/HB 936.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 88 et seq., 110 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 757, 758.
GA Code § 20-2-561 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)|§ 20-2-561. Issuance of Interim Receipts or Certificates or Temporary Bonds

 Prior to the preparation of definite bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts, interim certificates, or temporary bonds with or without coupons exchangeable for definite bonds upon the issuance of the latter.   (Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 11.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, § 20.
GA Code § 20-2-562 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)|§ 20-2-562. Replacement of Mutilated, Destroyed, or Lost Bonds

 The authority may also provide for the replacement of any bond which shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost.   (Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 12.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 269, 270.
GA Code § 20-2-563 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 11 - Public School Property and Facilities|Part 3 - Georgia Education Authority (Schools)|§ 20-2-563. Compliance With Part Sufficient for Issuance of Bonds; Single Issue for One or More Projects; Adoption of Bond Resolution

 Revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this part. In the discretion of the authority, revenue bonds of a single issue may be issued for the purpose of paying the cost of any one or more, including a combination of, projects in any one city or in any one county or any number of counties. Any resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds under this part shall become effective immediately upon its passage and need not be published or posted. Any such resolution may be passed at any regular or special or adjourned meeting of the authority by a majority of its members.   (Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 13.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 88, 110 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 761, 787.