Bill Text: GA SB85 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Board of Education; no person shall serve as member unless he/she has completed some postsecondary education

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-15 - Senate Read and Referred [SB85 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-SB85-Introduced.html

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11 LC 33 3839

Senate Bill 85

By: Senator Jones of the 10th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Code Section 20-2-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to election of county board of education members, persons ineligible to be members or superintendent, ineligibility for local boards of education, and ineligibility for other offices, so as to provide that no person shall serve as a member of a local board of education unless he or she has completed some postsecondary education; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Code Section 20-2-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to election of county board of education members, persons ineligible to be members or superintendent, ineligibility for local boards of education, and ineligibility for other offices, is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"(g) No person who has not completed some postsecondary education shall be eligible for election to or service on a local board of education. This subsection shall be applicable to persons elected or reelected in elections held after July 1, 2011."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.