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GA Code § 20-2-1075 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 1 - Powers of State and Local School Officials|§ 20-2-1075. Use of County and Independent School Buses for Students Participating in Recreational or Educational Activities

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, including Code Sections 20-2-188 and 20-2-411, county and independent school systems may use school buses to provide transportation to students and others to attend summer camps or to participate in other recreational or educational activities if the cost of such transportation and of any additional insurance costs deemed reasonably necessary by the school system are reimbursed in full from public or private funds other than public school funds.    (Code 1981, §20-2-1075, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 917, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Lease of buses to Olympic committee.   - Local and independent school systems are authorized to lease school buses to the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games for the purpose of transporting the public to the Olympic venues. 1995 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 95-41.
GA Code § 20-2-1076 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 1 - Powers of State and Local School Officials|§ 20-2-1076. Alternative Vehicles for School Buses; Limitations on Use; Requirements; Insurance

  Local boards of education may authorize the use of vehicles other than school buses for the transport of students who are documented in an Individualized Education Program as recipients of special education services or as currently lacking, or during the previous academic year lacked, a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence as described under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 11301, et seq., to and from school and school related activities, where appropriate. Such vehicles may include motor vehicles with a capacity of eight persons or less operated and marked for the transportation of school children to and from school and school related activities.   Local boards shall comply with all requirements established by the State Board of Education pursuant to Code Section 20-2-188, including minimum standards and requirements, which shall be delineated separately from requirements for school buses; for maintenance, repair, inspection, and use of such vehicles; minimum qualifications for the drivers of such vehicles; and other requirements as deemed necessary by the State Board of Education. Local boards may establish requirements in addition to such minimum state requirements, in the discretion of the local board.   Local boards are authorized and required to cause policies of insurance to be issued insuring the students being transported to and from school related activities against bodily injury or death at any time resulting from an accident or collision in which such vehicles are involved. The amount of such insurance shall be within the discretion of each local board of education.     (Code 1981, §20-2-1076, enacted by Ga. L. 2021, p. 241, § 2/SB 159.)
GA Code § 20-2-1091 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 2 - Insurance|§ 20-2-1091. Payment of Insurance Premiums by School Board or Other Bus Owner

 Where a bus is owned by the school board, the board shall pay the premium for insurance issued under Code Section 20-2-1090. Where the bus is not owned by the board, the premium shall be paid by the owner.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, § 2.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Local board cannot pay insurance premiums except under stated statutory conditions.   - It is clear that a local board of education cannot expend school money to pay the premiums on liability insurance except under the conditions and circumstances stated in Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, §§ 1 and 2. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 116.   District liable for injuries to extent that required insurance procured.   - School district is not liable in tort for injuries to students except to the extent that insurance has been procured therefor under Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, §§ 1-5. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 166.
GA Code § 20-2-1092 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 2 - Insurance|§ 20-2-1092. Insurance Coverage for General Public; Waiver of School Board's Immunity

 The various school boards are authorized to cause a provision to be inserted in policies issued under Code Section 20-2-1090 insuring the members of the general public against personal injury or death or damage to property resulting from the negligent operation of the school buses. Nothing, however, in this part shall be construed as imposing legal liability upon such boards on account of such accidents. Wherever an insurance company issues a policy containing such a provision, the company shall be estopped to deny its liability thereunder on account of the nonliability of the school board.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 20.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   District liable for injuries to extent that required insurance procured.   - School district is not liable in tort for injuries to students except to the extent that insurance has been procured therefor under Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, §§ 1 through 5. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 166.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Risks and causes of loss within liability policy covering transportation of school children, 154 A.L.R. 1102.   Tort liability of public schools and institutions of higher learning for accidents associated with the transportation of students, 23 A.L.R.5th 1.
GA Code § 20-2-1093 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 2 - Insurance|§ 20-2-1093. Mutual Insurance Policies to Be Nonassessable

 Any policy authorized by this part, when issued by a mutual insurance company, shall be nonassessable as to further premiums, and the policy shall so state.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, § 4; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 20.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   District liable for injuries to extent that required insurance procured.   - School district is not liable in tort for injuries to students except to the extent that insurance has been procured therefor under Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, §§ 1 through 5. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 166.
GA Code § 20-2-1094 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 2 - Insurance|§ 20-2-1094. School Boards to Keep Insurance Policies

 Policies issued under Code Section 20-2-1090 shall be filed with and retained by the respective school boards for the benefit of the school children patronizing the school buses and for the benefit of the general public.   (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, § 5; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 20.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   District liable for injuries to extent that required insurance procured.   - School district is not liable in tort for injuries to students except to the extent that insurance has been procured therefor under Ga. L. 1949, p. 1155, §§ 1 through 5. 1960-61 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 166.
GA Code § 20-2-1110 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 3 - Sick Leave for School Bus Drivers|§ 20-2-1110. Right of School Bus Driver to Sick Leave With Pay; Accumulation of Unused Sick Leave

  Each person employed as a school bus driver in any public school of this state shall be entitled to sick leave with full pay computed on the basis of one and one-fourth working days for each completed school month of service, such leave to be cumulative over each school year; and all unused sick leave shall be accumulated from one school year to the next up to the maximum of 45 days. A school bus driver may utilize sick leave, upon the approval of the school superintendent of the county in which such school bus driver is employed, for absence due to illness or injury or necessitated by exposure to contagious disease in which the health of others would be endangered by his attendance on duty or due to illness or death in the school bus driver's immediate family. School bus drivers shall be charged with sick leave for absence only on days upon which they would otherwise work, and no charge against sick leave shall be made for absence on Sundays, holidays, or other nonworkdays.   Any unused sick leave accumulated by a school bus driver pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be credited to such driver and shall be transferred when there is a change in the employment of the school bus driver from one local board of education to another, but no local board of education shall be required to transfer funds to another, nor shall the State Board of Education provide funds to a local unit of administration beyond those authorized by subsection (j) of Code Section 20-2-188 to finance the potential or actual cost incurred by a local unit of administration through the employment of school bus drivers transferring accumulated unused sick leave. Any unused sick leave credited to a school bus driver shall be forfeited if the driver withdraws from service for more than 24 consecutive months.    (Ga. L. 1962, p. 670, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 2001, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 592, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Local boards of education have authority to pay employees on account of sickness.   - 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-14.   Rate of pay while sick is same as if present.    - O.C.G.A. §§ 20-2-850 and20-2-1110 allow local boards to pay employees on account of sickness at the same rate as the employees are paid if present for work. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 81-14.
GA Code § 20-2-1111 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 3 - Sick Leave for School Bus Drivers|§ 20-2-1111. Use of Accumulated Sick Leave for Personal Reasons

 During any school year, a school bus driver may utilize up to a maximum of three days of any accumulated sick leave for the purpose of absenting himself from his duties for any personal reason if prior approval of his absence is given by the local school superintendent or his authorized representative.   (Ga. L. 1972, p. 488, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-2-1112 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 3 - Sick Leave for School Bus Drivers|§ 20-2-1112. Driver on Sick Leave Need Not Pay for Substitute

 No school bus driver utilizing sick leave under this part shall be required to pay the cost of employing a substitute school bus driver to serve in his absence on such sick leave.   (Ga. L. 1962, p. 670, § 3.)
GA Code § 20-2-1113 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 3 - Sick Leave for School Bus Drivers|§ 20-2-1113. Determining Pay for Substitute Drivers

 The scale of pay for substitute drivers shall be determined by the board of education of each system in which a school bus driver utilizing sick leave under this part is employed.   (Ga. L. 1962, p. 670, § 2.)
GA Code § 20-2-1120 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 4 - Random Drug Testing for School Bus Drivers|§ 20-2-1120. Definition

 As used in this part the term "illegal drugs" shall include marijuana as defined in paragraph (16) of Code Section 16-13-21, a controlled substance as defined in paragraph (4) of Code Section 16-13-21, a dangerous drug as defined in Code Section 16-13-71, or any other controlled substance or dangerous drug that persons are prohibited by state or federal law from using, but shall not include any drug when used pursuant to a valid medical prescription or when used as otherwise authorized by state or federal law.    (Code 1981, §20-2-1120, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 846, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Supreme Court's views on mandatory testing for drugs or alcohol, 145 A.L.R. Fed. 335.
GA Code § 20-2-1122 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 4 - Random Drug Testing for School Bus Drivers|§ 20-2-1122. Penalties for Violation or Refusal to Submit to Test

  A school bus driver found to have used an illegal drug shall be terminated from his or her employment.   A school bus driver found to have any measurable alcohol in his or her system during the school day shall be subject to disciplinary action at the discretion of the local board of education.   A school bus driver who refuses to provide body fluid, when requested to do so in accordance with drug testing or random alcohol testing conducted pursuant to this part and rules and regulations promulgated under this part, shall be terminated from employment.     (Code 1981, §20-2-1122, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 846, § 1.)
GA Code § 20-2-1125 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 5 - School Buses|§ 20-2-1125. Annual Mandatory Training of School Bus Drivers; Initial Certification of Drivers

 All persons employed as school bus drivers by any public school system in this state shall receive annual mandatory training on traffic laws pertaining to the operation of school buses and on school bus operations and safety. The State Board of Education shall establish the content and length of initial driver training and shall determine the qualifications of and certify the instructors who conduct such training. No person employed as a school bus driver by any public school system in this state shall operate a school bus unless such person has completed such training within the preceding 12 month period.    (Code 1981, §20-2-1125, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 621, § 6.)
GA Code § 20-2-1126 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 5 - School Buses|§ 20-2-1126. Written Policies and Procedures for Operation of School Buses; Receipt of Code of Conduct by Students; Acknowledgement by Parent or Guardian

  Each public school system in this state shall promulgate policies and procedures for the operation of school buses and the conduct and safety of those students who ride such buses. Such policies and procedures shall be in writing and available for public inspection. Each person employed as a school bus driver shall acknowledge in writing that he or she has received a copy of and has read and understands such policies and procedures. In the event that such policies and procedures are amended during the school year, such amended policies and procedures shall be provided to all persons employed by the school system as school bus drivers, and each such person shall acknowledge in writing that he or she has received a copy of and has read and understands such amended policies and procedures.   At the beginning of each school year, each public school system in this state shall provide each of its students with a copy of the school system's code of conduct as required by Code Section 20-2-736. In the event such code of conduct is amended during the school year, the school system shall provide copies of such amendments to the students. The receipt of such student code of conduct shall be acknowledged in writing by a parent or guardian of each student.     (Code 1981, §20-2-1126, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 621, § 6; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 20/HB 95.)
GA Code § 20-2-1127 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 22 - School Buses|Part 5 - School Buses|§ 20-2-1127. Data Base of Names and Licenses of School Bus Operators; Suspension or Revocation of License

  Each local board of education employing or using persons as school bus drivers shall submit to the Department of Public Safety the full name and driver's license number of every person who is to be employed or used as a school bus driver prior to authorizing such person to operate a school bus. Such local board of education shall provide an updated list to the Department of Public Safety twice within a calendar year as provided for in rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner of public safety.   The Department of Public Safety shall operate and maintain a data base of the names and license information of the persons provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section and, in coordination with the Georgia Technology Authority and the Department of Driver Services for immediate electronic furnishing of information, shall confirm or verify the status of each such person's driver's license and provide notification to the appropriate local board of education if such person's driver's license or driving privileges have expired or been canceled, suspended, or revoked.     Upon notice that a person's driver's license or driving privileges have expired or been canceled, suspended, or revoked, the local board of education shall suspend or revoke the authorization it has given to such person to drive a school bus and inform such person of, and reason for, the suspension or revocation.   Any person authorized to drive a school bus by a local board of education shall notify the local board of education if such person's driver's license or driving privileges have expired or been canceled, suspended, or revoked.   A person's whose authorization to drive a school bus has been suspended or revoked by a local board of education pursuant to this Code section may request a new authorization to drive a school bus upon the reinstatement of his or her driver's license or driving privileges.       (Code 1981, §20-2-1127, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 302, § 1-1/HB 459.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2019, this Code section was designated as Code Section 20-2-1127 to reflect the guidance in the directory language of Ga. L. 2019, p. 302, § 1-1/HB 459.   Editor's notes.   - The former Code section, concerning the schedule of school bus routes, was based on Code 1981, § 20-2-1127, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 621, § 6, and was repealed by Ga. L. 2006, p. 851, § 3.1/SB 413, effective July 1, 2006.
GA Code § 20-3-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-21. Composition; Powers and Duties Generally

 The board of regents shall be composed of one member from each congressional district in the state and five additional members from the state at large, who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The Governor shall not be a member of the board. The board shall have all the powers and duties now or hereafter provided by law. The board shall be subject to all provisions of law not inconsistent with this part.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 50; Code 1933, § 32-104; Ga. L. 1937, p. 526, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 142, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1943, p. 670, §§ 3, 6.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Appointee may act as attorney or hold political party office.   - No impediment to membership on the board of regents exists by reason of an appointee acting as a county attorney, city attorney, or private attorney, or holding office in a political party. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 74-20.    Regents may expend appropriated state funds for improvements on property leased from another government branch,  the title to which is held by the State of Georgia. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-450.    Regents may lawfully purchase a lessee's interest in property recently purchased by the regents.  1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-443.    Regents may keep or dispose of unrestricted bequests of stock  as the regents deem to be in the regent's best interests. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-129.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. v. Doe, 278 Ga. App. 878, 630 S.E.2d 85 (2006).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, §§ 9, 12, 13.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 14.
GA Code § 20-3-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-22. Terms of Office

 The first board of regents appointed under this part shall hold office as follows: two for one year; two for two years; two for three years; two for four years; two for five years; two for six years; and three for seven years. All of the terms shall date from January 1, 1943. The Governor in making the appointments shall designate the holders of the respective terms. Successors to the persons so appointed shall hold terms of office of seven years from the expiration of the previous term. All members of the board shall hold office until their successors are appointed.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, §§ 51, 52; Code 1933, §§ 32-105, 32-106; Ga. L. 1937, p. 526, § 1; Ga. L. 1943, p. 670, §§ 4, 5, 7, 8.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, §§ 9, 12 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 13 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-23. Vacancies

 In case of a vacancy on the board of regents by death, resignation, removal, or from any other cause other than the expiration of such member's term of office, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed by Article VIII, Section IV, Paragraph I of the Constitution.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 52; Code 1933, § 32-106; Ga. L. 1943, p. 670, §§ 5, 8; Ga. L. 1983, p. 495, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, §§ 9, 12, 13.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 13.
GA Code § 20-3-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-24. Chairman

 The board of regents shall elect one of its members chairman.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 53; Code 1933, § 32-107.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Colleges and Universities, §§ 9, 12, 13.   C.J.S.   - 14A C.J.S., Colleges and Universities, § 12 et seq.
GA Code § 20-3-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 20 - Education|Chapter 3 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Board of Regents and University System|Part 1 - Board of Regents|§ 20-3-25. Appointment of Secretary; Duties; Bond

 The board of regents shall elect a secretary, not a member thereof, for such term and salary as it may establish. The secretary shall maintain his office in the state capital and shall devote to the board his entire time. He shall give good and sufficient bond, payable to the Governor, for the faithful performance of his duties and for the faithful accounting for all funds coming into his hands as such secretary. The surety on such bond shall be a surety company duly qualified to do business in this state. The board may pay premiums for such bond out of funds coming into its hands.   (Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 54; Code 1933, § 32-108.)