--- title: HB 1514. Fulton County; Board of Education; change election date of president collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb1514 cite_as: HB 1514, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1514 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1514.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1514/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73917 date: 2026-05-12 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1513.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1515.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 886 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1514.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 1514 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: bill status_date: 2026-05-12 last_action: Effective Date 2026-07-01 sponsors: - Lydia Glaize - Phil Olaleye - Esther Panitch - Mekyah McQueen - Robert Dawson - Stacey Evans text_version: Enrolled has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB1514/2025 upstream_id: 2129486 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - Fulton County schools - school board elections - local legislation - education governance --- # HB 1514. Fulton County; Board of Education; change election date of president ## Text House Bill 1514 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representatives Glaize of the 67th, Olaleye of the 59th, Panitch of the 51st, McQueen of the 61st, Dawson of the 65th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act providing for the number of members and for the election of members of the Board of Education of Fulton County, approved February 10, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 3591), as amended, so as to change the date of election of the president of said board; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. An Act providing for the number of members and for the election of members of the Board of Education of Fulton County, approved February 10, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 3591), as amended, is amended by revising subsection (a) of Section 4 as follows: "(a) The president of the Board of Education of Fulton County shall be elected from the membership of the board by a majority vote of the members. The president shall be elected at the first regular meeting of the board held during December of each even-numbered year and shall serve until a successor is elected by the board as herein provided." SECTION 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2026. SECTION 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. House Bill 1514 changes when the Fulton County Board of Education elects its president, moving the vote to December of even-numbered years instead of the previous schedule. ### Plain-language summary This bill amends a 1984 local law that governs the Board of Education of Fulton County. The change is narrow: it revises the section of that law dealing with how and when the board picks its president. Under the new language, the board's president would still be chosen by a majority vote of the board's own members, but the election would happen at the board's first regular meeting held in December of each even-numbered year, and the president would serve until a successor is elected. The bill does not change how many members sit on the board, how those members are elected, or any other part of the board's structure. It only resets the timing of the internal vote for board president. The change would take effect July 1, 2026, and any earlier laws that conflict with it are repealed. ### What it does - Rewrites subsection (a) of Section 4 of the 1984 Fulton County school board law to change the timing of the board president's election. - Sets the president's election for the board's first regular meeting held in December of each even-numbered year. - Keeps the requirement that the president be chosen by a majority vote of the board's own members. - Specifies the president serves until a successor is elected under this same process. - Sets an effective date of July 1, 2026, and repeals any conflicting laws. ### Who it affects This bill affects the Fulton County Board of Education, specifically its members and whoever serves as board president, by changing the internal timing rule for choosing that leadership position. It does not directly affect students, teachers, or the general public beyond how board leadership is selected. ### Why it matters The practical effect is a procedural one: Fulton County's school board will hold its presidential election on a different schedule going forward, in December of even-numbered years, which could shift when leadership transitions happen relative to other board business or election cycles. ### Key provisions - Section 1 revises subsection (a) of Section 4 of the 1984 Act to move the board president's election to the first regular meeting held in December of each even-numbered year. - Section 1 retains the requirement that the president be elected by a majority vote of the board's members and serve until a successor is chosen. - Section 2 sets the effective date as July 1, 2026. - Section 3 repeals any laws or parts of laws that conflict with this Act. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-05-12) - Last action: Effective Date 2026-07-01 (2026-05-12) - Sponsors: Lydia Glaize, Phil Olaleye, Esther Panitch, Mekyah McQueen, Robert Dawson, Stacey Evans - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73917 > The history, votes, and amendments (886 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1514.md?full=1