Georgia § 20-2-50 - County school districts; county board for each county.
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§ 20-2-50. County school districts; county board for each county.
Each county of this state, exclusive of any independent school system in existence in a county, shall compose one school district and shall be confined to the control and management of a county board of education, except to the extent that area school systems are created pursuant to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia. (Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, §§ 76, 117; Code 1933, §§ 32-901, 32-1101; Ga. L. 1946, p. 206, § 8; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 53.) Cross references. - Consolidation of independent and county school systems, § 20-2-370 et seq. Law reviews. - For survey article on local government law, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 225 (1982).
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