Title 20

(a) No member of any county board of education in this state shall sell to any county board any supplies or equipment used, consumed, or necessary in the operation of any public school in this state unless there are fewer than three sources for such supplies or equipment within t…

A local board of education having any member thereof who is an employee, stockholder, director, or officer of a bank or similar financial institution shall nevertheless be authorized to transact business with such bank or financial institution without the board or member thereby in…

(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Energy cost savings measure” means a facility alteration, a training program incidental to the contract, or an equipment purchase to be used in building a retrofit, addition, or renovation or in new construction which reduces energy…

(a) The county boards of education shall have the power to purchase, lease, or rent school sites; build, repair, or rent schoolhouses; purchase maps, globes, and school furniture; and make all arrangements necessary to the efficient operation of the schools. Such county boards ar…

County boards of education and independent school systems are authorized to take and damage, by condemnation, private property for public school purposes, either for public school building sites, playgrounds, athletic fields, or other purposes in connection with the public element…

Condemnation proceedings by the boards and systems referred to in Code Section 20-2-521 shall take the form provided in Chapter 1 of Title 22 and Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 22 or the form provided in Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 22, provided that county boards of educatio…

Each and every lot or parcel of land which has been or may hereafter be obtained by any county board of education or independent school district, together with any buildings erected thereon for school purposes and all school furniture, shall be exempt from levy and sale under any…

This part may be cited as the “Georgia Education Authority (Schools) Act.” History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 871, § 1.

(a) As used in this part, the term: (1) “Authority” means the Georgia Education Authority (Schools), which was formerly known as the State School Building Authority. Such change in the name of the authority shall in no way affect the identity of the authority or the rights, power…

(a) There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the Georgia Education Authority (Schools), which shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation and by that name, style, and title such body may contract and be contracted …

The authority shall have the power: (1) To have a seal and alter it at pleasure; (2) To acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise and to hold, lease, sell, and dispose of real and personal property of every kind and character for its corporate purposes; (3) To acquire in its own n…

All of the rights, powers, and functions of the Vocational Trade School Building Authority and the School Building Authority for the Deaf and Blind shall be transferred to and conferred upon the authority. Upon such transfer of the rights, powers, and functions to the authority, …

The authority, or any authority or body which has or which may in the future succeed to the powers, duties, and liabilities vested in the authority created by this part, shall have power, at one time or from time to time, to provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable re…

The authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest, if any, thereof, which may be at any bank or trust…

In case any officer whose signature shall appear on any bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear on any coupon shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had…

All revenue bonds issued under this part shall have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under Article 8 of Title 11. History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 8.

The authority may sell its bonds in such manner and for such price as it may determine to be for the best interests of the authority. History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 9; Ga. L. 1960, p. 775, § 2; Ga. L. 1967, p. 871, § 4; Ga. L. 2010, p. 1001, § 6/HB 936.

The proceeds of bonds shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project or combined project and shall be disbursed upon requisition or order of the chairperson of the authority under such restrictions, if any, as the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds …

Prior to the preparation of definite bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts, interim certificates, or temporary bonds with or without coupons exchangeable for definite bonds upon the issuance of the latter. History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 11.

The authority may also provide for the replacement of any bond which shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost. History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 12.

Revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things which are specified or required by this part. In the discretion of the authority, revenue bonds of a single issue may be issu…

(a) Revenue bonds issued under this part shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the fund provided for in Code Section 20-2-567. The issuance of such revenue bonds shall no…

(a) In the discretion of the authority, any issue of revenue bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state. Such trust inde…

The authority shall, in the resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds or in the trust indenture, provide for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds to any officer or person who, or any agency, bank, or trust company which, shall act as trustee of such f…

The revenues, rents, and earnings derived from any particular project or combined projects; all sums allocated or paid by the State Board of Education or Department of Education to the authority for the benefit of and on behalf of any county, city, or independent school district o…

Any holder of revenue bonds or interest coupons issued under this part, any receiver for such holders, or indenture trustee, if any, except to the extent the rights given in this part may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of the bonds or by the trust indentur…

The authority is authorized to provide by resolution for the issue of revenue refunding bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds issued under this part and then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon, if any, and the premium, if any. The …

The bonds authorized in this part are made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and all political subdivisions; all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business; all banks, bankers, tru…

The creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose shall be a public purpose and in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state. The authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the power conferred upon it…

Bonds of the authority shall be confirmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of Article 3 of Chapter 82 of Title 36. The petition for validation shall make the authority party defendant and shall also make party defendant to such action any political subdivision or cou…

Any action to protect or enforce any rights under this part shall be brought in the Superior Court of Fulton County; and any action pertaining to validation of any bonds issued under this part shall likewise be brought in such court, which shall have exclusive, original jurisdict…

While any of the bonds issued by the authority remain outstanding, the powers, duties, or existence of the authority or of its officers, employees, or agents or of the various county boards of education, city boards of education, or governing bodies of independent or quasiindepen…

The authority, in addition to the moneys which may be received from the sale of revenue bonds and from the collection of revenues, rents, and earnings derived under this part, shall have authority to accept from any federal agency grants for or in aid of the construction of any p…

The authority is authorized to fix rentals, installment payments of purchase price, and other charges which the various county boards of education, city boards of education, or governing bodies of independent districts or systems shall pay to the authority for the use or purchase …

In addition to the authority granted in this part or otherwise provided by law, express authority and power is given to the State Board of Education, county boards of education, city boards of education, or governing bodies of independent or quasi-independent districts or systems…

It shall be the duty of the authority to prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of each project or combination of projects constructed under this part, including rules and regulations to ensure maximum use or occupancy of each such project. History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 241…

This part does not in any way take from the various counties or other governmental units or agencies of the state the authority to issue revenue bonds for a particular purpose. History. Ga. L. 1951, p. 241, § 33.

This part shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing. His…

The various counties, cities, municipalities, county boards of education, city boards of education, and governing bodies of independent school districts or systems of this state shall have authority to lease any schoolhouse or other school property that it has determined is no lo…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Student Data Privacy, Accessibility, and Transparency Act.” History. Code 1981, § 20-2-660, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 1031, § 1-1/SB 89.

(a) The General Assembly acknowledges that student data is a vital resource for parents, teachers, and school staff, and it is the intent of the General Assembly to ensure that student data is safeguarded and that students’ and parents’ privacy is honored, respected, and protecte…

As used in this article, the term: (1) “Aggregate student data” means data that is not personally identifiable and that is collected or reported at the group, cohort, or institutional level. (2) “De-identified data” means a student data set that is not student personally identifiabl…

(a) The State School Superintendent shall designate a senior department employee to serve as the chief privacy officer of the department to assume primary responsibility for data privacy and security policy, including: (1) Establishing department-wide policies necessary to assure…

The department shall: (1) Create, publish, and make publicly available a data inventory and dictionary or index of data elements with definitions of student personally identifiable data fields in the state data system to include, but not be limited to: (A) Any student personally ide…

(a) Unless required by state or federal law or in cases of health or safety emergencies, local boards of education shall not report to the department the following student data or student information: (1) Juvenile delinquency records; (2) Criminal records; or (3) Medical and heal…

(a) An operator shall not knowingly engage in any of the following activities with respect to such operator’s site, service, or application without explicit written consent from the student’s parent or guardian, or an eligible student: (1) Use student data to engage in behavioral…