Opinion ID: 2509859
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Heading: 1960 to 1966: Area Schools, Including Vocational Trade Schools Created Jointly by Local Systems

Text: Five years later, in 1960, the Constitution was amended to provide that [a]ny two or more counties, or any two or more municipalities, or any county and municipality, or combination thereof may jointly establish area schools, including vocational trade schools.  Ga. Const. of 1945, Art. VII, Sec. VI, Par. I(d) (emphasis added). See Ga. L.1960, p. 1259, § 1 (proposing this constitutional amendment); Ga. L.1961, p. 756 (noting its ratification). Thus, while the Constitution still did not allow the creation of new independent school systems (a prohibition that continues to this day), it once again allowed the creation of individual schools outside the authority and control of a single local board of education, although only by joint agreement of the local districts affected.