Georgia § 20-2-72 - Code of ethics for local board of education members.
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§ 20-2-72. Code of ethics for local board of education members.
The State Board of Education shall adopt a model code of ethics for members of local boards of education by October 1, 2010. Such model code of ethics shall also include appropriate consequences for violation of a provision or provisions of such code. The State Board of Education may periodically adopt revisions to such model code as it deems necessary. Within three months of adoption by the State Board of Education of a model code of ethics pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, each local board of education shall adopt a code of ethics that includes, at a minimum, such model code of ethics. Each local board of education shall incorporate into its code of ethics any revisions adopted by the State Board of Education to the model code of ethics pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section within three months of adoption of such revisions. (Code 1981, § 20-2-72 , enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 452, § 8/SB 84.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2010, Code Section 20-2-72, as enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 894, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 20-2-74.
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