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GA Code § 20-2-219 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 6 - Quality Basic Education|Part 6 - Employment|Subpart 2 - Conditions of Employment|§ 20-2-219. Payroll Deduction Services Provided by Local Units of Administration

  It is affirmed that a local unit of administration may, in its discretion, provide payroll deduction services to any organization, association, or corporation which the local unit of administration determines provides a tangible benefit to the school system or to any of its employees if such organization, association, or corporation has among its objectives educational, charitable, classroom instructional, legislative, legal, or professional development activities related to promoting and enhancing the welfare of the education profession and public school students and employees.   Subject to the provisions of this Code section, it is affirmed that any local unit of administration is authorized to deduct from the salaries or wages of its employees amounts designated by the employee as contributions, dues, or other specifically identified moneys to any such organization, association, or corporation as provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section.   No deduction shall be made under this Code section without the express written consent of the employee.     (Code 1981, §20-2-219, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1501, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-2-220 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 6 - Quality Basic Education|Part 6 - Employment|Subpart 2 - Conditions of Employment|§ 20-2-220. Limitations Upon Decreases in Local Salary Supplements for School Bus Drivers and Food Service Managers or Employees

 In any fiscal year in which school bus drivers or full-term school food service managers or food service employees receive any increase in state funds in their salaries, a local unit of administration shall not decrease any local salary supplement for such personnel below the local supplement amount received in the immediately preceding fiscal year by those personnel of that local unit of administration unless such local unit of administration has conducted at least one public hearing regarding such decrease, notice of which hearing the local unit shall cause to be published in the legal organ of the county which is the legal situs of such local unit one time at least seven days prior to the date such hearing is to be held.    (Code 1981, §20-2-220, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 782, § 2.)
GA Code § 20-2-221 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 6 - Quality Basic Education|Part 6 - Employment|Subpart 2 - Conditions of Employment|§ 20-2-221. Furlough Days to Be on Monday or Friday or in Conjunction With Holidays

 In the event that a local school system furloughs teachers and other school personnel during any school year, such furlough day shall be on a Monday or Friday or in conjunction with a holiday, unless the local board of education provides otherwise.    (Code 1981, §20-2-221, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 890, § 1A/SB 153.)
GA Code § 20-2-432 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 1 - County, District, and Joint High School Bonds|§ 20-2-432. Joint County-City High Schools - Power to Contract for Building and Maintenance

 Counties and municipalities located therein having independent school systems supported in whole or in part by local taxation may contract with each other for the joint building and maintenance of high school buildings to be located within such municipalities for the joint use of the children living in such municipalities and those living in the county outside of the limit of such municipalities.   (Ga. L. 1923, p. 98, § 1; Code 1933, § 32-1404.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 92.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 566 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-433 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 1 - County, District, and Joint High School Bonds|§ 20-2-433. Joint County-City High School Contracts for Building and Maintenance - Approval and Confirmation

 The contract provided for in Code Section 20-2-432 shall be entered into, in the first instance, by the city board of education and county board of education or by other authorities by whatever name called having charge of the educational affairs of the city and county, respectively, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed on and shall then be approved and confirmed by the mayor and council and board of county commissioners or other authorities by whatever name called having charge of the fiscal affairs of the city and county, respectively.   (Ga. L. 1923, p. 98, § 2; Code 1933, § 32-1405.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 92.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 566 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-434 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 1 - County, District, and Joint High School Bonds|§ 20-2-434. Joint County-City High School Contracts for Building and Maintenance - Issuance of Bonds; Elections

 When the contract has been made and approved as provided in Code Sections 20-2-432 and 20-2-433, then the authorities of the county and municipality having charge of their fiscal affairs may issue bonds for their proportion of the cost of such buildings, as agreed on, in the manner provided by law for the issuance of bonds by a county or municipality; and the call for election shall provide that if the other contracting party shall fail to carry an election for bonds for the same purpose, the election for bonds provided for in the call, even if carried, shall not be effective and that all previous acts in connection with the issuance of the bonds shall, in such event, be void and of no effect.   (Ga. L. 1923, p. 98, § 3; Code 1933, § 32-1406.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 756 et seq., 773 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-435 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 1 - County, District, and Joint High School Bonds|§ 20-2-435. Joint County-City High School Contracts for Building and Maintenance - County and City Tax Levies to Pay Bonds and Maintenance Costs

 When an election for the bonds provided for in Code Section 20-2-434 has been carried as provided by law, then the county and municipal authorities may thereafter each levy a tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest of such bonds issued by each party and the cost of maintenance of such building in addition to any other taxes they are authorized by law to levy.   (Ga. L. 1923, p. 98, § 4; Code 1933, § 32-1407.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, § 58 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 79 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 557 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-436 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 1 - County, District, and Joint High School Bonds|§ 20-2-436. Provisions of Code Sections 20-2-432 Through 20-2-435 Cumulative

 Code Sections 20-2-432 through 20-2-435 shall not be construed to be the exclusive means for the building of high school buildings, but such Code sections shall be construed to be permissive and cumulative to any other means now or hereafter provided by law.   (Ga. L. 1923, p. 98, § 5; Code 1933, § 32-1408.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 9, 92.
GA Code § 20-2-437 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 1 - County, District, and Joint High School Bonds|§ 20-2-437. Local and Consolidated School District Trustees' Powers and Duties as to Buildings and Equipment Transferred to County Boards

 The county board of education of each county shall succeed to and be vested with all of the rights, powers, and duties formerly vested in the local or consolidated school district trustees with respect to the building and equipping of schoolhouses in the county, preparing tax digests, and furnishing them to the tax collector of the county.   (Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, § 143; Ga. L. 1921, p. 221, § 1; Code 1933, § 32-1401; Ga. L. 1946, p. 206, § 20.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Title to school property of abolished local district.   - Title to school property located within the county and recorded as being owned by the trustees of an abolished local school district passes by operation of law to the county board of education upon the abolition and merger of the local school district into the county system and the same rule would follow for property held by an independent city system. 1954-56 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 266.   School tax may be collected without deduction for preparing school digest.   - It is proper to levy and collect the county school tax without any deduction therefrom as payment for the preparation of a separate school digest. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-62.   County boards not authorized to make payments for digests.   - Absent valid local law to the contrary, county boards of education are not authorized to make to county tax collectors, and county tax collectors are not authorized to receive from county boards of education, payments for the preparation of county school tax digests. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-348.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68 Am. Jur. 2d, Schools, §§ 45, 48, 86 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78 C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 90.
GA Code § 20-2-450 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-450. Subpart to Govern Refunding, Retiring, or Refinancing Outstanding District Bonds

 Where any school district or consolidated school district or any independent school district, in cases provided in this subpart, has outstanding schoolhouse bonds or shall hereafter issue, in accordance with the laws of this state, any such bonds, and it becomes necessary or advisable to refund, retire, or refinance such bonds, the refunding, retirement, or refinancing shall be done in accordance with the procedure and in the manner provided in this subpart.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Constitutionality of statutes authorizing or requiring the payment of, or assumption of legal liability for, tax anticipation warrants, 99 A.L.R. 1039.
GA Code § 20-2-451 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-451. Electoral Approval Required for Refunding, Retiring, or Refinancing Outstanding District Bonds

 The advisability or necessity of refunding, retiring, or refinancing such bonds shall be determined by the qualified voters of the school district concerned in an election to be held in such district in the manner provided in this Code section.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 113, 125.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 765 et seq., 773 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-452 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-452. Elections to Approve Refunding, Retiring, or Refinancing Outstanding District Bonds - Calling of Election by County Board

 Should the county board of education for any school district or consolidated school district or board of education, or corresponding body, in any independent school district in which a local tax is now or may hereafter be levied for school purposes deem it necessary or advisable to refund, retire, or refinance any outstanding schoolhouse bonded indebtedness of such district, it shall, by written resolution, call an election to be held in the district by giving notice by publication thereof once a week for four weeks previous to the election in the newspaper in which the legal advertisements for the county are published, notifying the qualified voters that on the day named an election will be held to determine the question whether bonds shall be issued by the district for refunding, retiring, or refinancing outstanding schoolhouse bonds of such district.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 765 et seq., 773 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-453 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-453. Elections to Approve Refunding, Retiring, or Refinancing Outstanding District Bonds - Contents of Election Notice

 The county board of education or board of education or corresponding body, as the case may be, shall specify in the election notice what amount of bonds are to be issued, for what purpose, what interest they are to bear, how much principal and interest are to be paid annually, and when they are to be fully paid off. It shall also specify in the notice the amount of bonds and interest, if any, date of issue, rate of interest, and dates due of the outstanding schoolhouse bonds which are sought to be retired, refunded, or refinanced.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, § 130 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 757, 758, 761, 763.   ALR.    - Statement regarding cost of proposed public improvement in ballot for special election in that regard, 117 A.L.R. 892.
GA Code § 20-2-454 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-454. Elections to Approve Refunding, Retiring, or Refinancing Outstanding District Bonds - Eligible Voters; Conduct of Election; Declaration of Result

 None but the qualified voters of the district concerned shall be permitted to vote in the election. The election shall be held and the result declared as provided in Title 21.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, § 147 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 765 et seq., 773 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-455 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-455. Elections to Approve Refunding, Retiring, or Refinancing Outstanding District Bonds - Referendum to Call Election

 In addition to the manner provided in Code Sections 20-2-451 through 20-2-454 for calling such an election, should as many as one-fourth of the qualified voters of any such school district file a petition with the county board of education for any local tax school district or consolidated school district or the board of education or corresponding body in an independent school district, requesting that an election be called for the purpose of submitting the issue as to whether the schoolhouse bonded indebtedness of such district be refunded, retired, or refinanced, it shall become the duty of such board or body to call an election in the same manner as provided in Code Sections 20-2-451 through 20-2-454.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, § 114 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 761.
GA Code § 20-2-456 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-456. Elections to Approve Refunding, Retiring, or Refinancing Outstanding District Bonds - Vote Required; Declaration of Favorable Result; Issuance of Refunding Bonds

 In the event that two-thirds of the votes cast at an election held as provided in Code Sections 20-2-451 through 20-2-455 are in favor of refunding "outstanding schoolhouse bonds" and such two-thirds are also a majority of all the voters qualified to vote in the election, then the officials as named in Code Sections 20-2-451 through 20-2-455 shall so declare the result; and such officials shall have the power and authority, after validation as provided in Code Section 20-2-470, to issue such refunding schoolhouse bonds for sale or exchange for the purpose of retiring the outstanding schoolhouse bonds in the district under all of the regulations now provided by law for school district bonds.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 153, 184 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 756, 765 et seq., 773 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-457 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-457. District Bonds - Tax Levy to Provide Sinking Fund to Retire Bonds

 Where an election held in the manner provided in Code Sections 20-2-451 through 20-2-455 results favorably to the issue of such bonds, the county board of education or corresponding body of independent school districts, as the case may be, shall recommend, and the board of county commissioners or judge of the probate court or municipal tax levying authorities, as the case may be, shall annually levy upon the property subject to taxation in the school district in which the election was held, such tax as may be necessary to provide a sinking fund for the retirement of the bonds and for paying the principal thereof and the interest thereon, this to be in addition to the general tax for the maintenance of the schools of the district.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, § 386 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 787, 799 et seq., 881 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-458 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-458. Local or Consolidated School District Bonds - Sale or Exchange

 Any refunding bonds of a local school district or consolidated school district shall, after validation, be turned over to the county board of education to be sold or exchanged as provided in this subpart, and the county board is authorized to sell or exchange such bonds under all of the regulations now provided by law for the sale of school district bonds or as provided in this subpart. When such bonds are sold by the county board, the proceeds derived therefrom shall be held in trust by the county board only for the purposes provided in this subpart. When such bonds are exchanged by the county board, which is authorized to do so, such exchange shall be in accordance with Code Section 20-2-471.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 7.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, a comma was deleted following "do" and a comma was inserted following "so" in the last sentence.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 196, 225, 230, 236.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 779 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-459 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-459. Independent School District Bonds - Sale or Exchange

 In independent school districts over which the county board has no jurisdiction, such refunding bonds, after they have been issued and validated, shall be turned over to the officials who under the law are now authorized to handle in any manner bonds issued by such independent school districts; and such officials are authorized to sell or exchange, in like manner as the county board, such refunding bonds for the purposes of and in accordance with this subpart.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 7.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, §§ 196, 225, 230, 236.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, § 779 et seq.
GA Code § 20-2-460 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-460. District Bonds - Sinking Fund for Holders Failing or Refusing to Sell or Exchange Outstanding Bonds

 Should any holder of an outstanding schoolhouse bond which is not due or which has not matured in accordance with the provisions thereof fail or refuse to sell or exchange such bond or bonds for refunding schoolhouse bonds issued in accordance with this subpart, it shall be the duty of the officials of the school district which issued such bond or bonds to set aside from the proceeds of the sale of the refunding schoolhouse bonds a sinking fund under all the regulations now provided by law for sinking funds for schoolhouse bonds for the purpose of retiring such bonds when they mature and paying the interest accrued or to accrue thereon.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 14.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Securities and Obligations, § 355 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 78A C.J.S., Schools and School Districts, §§ 786, 787.
GA Code § 20-2-461 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-461. Elections to Approve Refunding, Retiring, or Refinancing Outstanding District Bonds - Limit of One per Year

 No election as provided in this subpart shall be held in any one district more often than once a year.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 15.)
GA Code § 20-2-462 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Local Public School Finances|Part 3 - Bond Issues|Subpart 2 - Refunding Bonds|§ 20-2-462. County-Wide Bonds - Powers of Counties as to Refunding, Refinancing, or Retiring

 All counties in which a local tax is now or may hereafter be levied for school purposes throughout the entire county or throughout the entire county except that part embraced within the incorporated limits of a municipality or municipalities are authorized to refund, refinance, or retire outstanding schoolhouse bonds of such territory in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as provided in Code Sections 20-2-451 through 20-2-455, except that in elections for such territory, the manner of holding elections shall be as provided in Code Sections 20-2-463 through 20-2-466.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 869, § 4.)