Georgia CommonsHouse · Passed · 2025-2026 Regular Session
HB 468: Heard County; Board of Education; revise compensation of members
Last action July 1, 2025 · Effective Date
A House bill would raise the monthly pay of Heard County Board of Education members to $450 and keep their existing right to reimbursement for board-related travel expenses outside the county.
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In plain language
This bill changes a local law that governs how much members of the Heard County Board of Education get paid for their service. It rewrites Section 6 of the original 1985 Act, as last updated in 2018, to set each board member's monthly compensation at $450. The bill also keeps in place the existing rules for reimbursing board members, including the chairperson, for actual expenses they incur while traveling outside Heard County on board business, such as attending training sessions or statewide meetings. That travel must be approved in advance by a majority vote of the board, and all expenses must be verified and approved before being paid back. Both the monthly pay and any reimbursements come from the board's own funds. The change would take effect on July 1, 2025.
What the bill does
- Sets the monthly pay for each member of the Heard County Board of Education at $450, replacing the previous compensation amount.
- Keeps the existing requirement that board travel outside Heard County be pre-approved by a majority board vote before expenses can be reimbursed.
- Requires that all reimbursed expenses be verified and approved by the board before payment.
- Specifies that both compensation and expense reimbursements are paid from the board's own funds, not a separate county source.
- Sets the effective date of the new pay rate as July 1, 2025.
Who it affects
This bill affects the members and chairperson of the Heard County Board of Education, whose monthly pay and expense reimbursement rules it sets, and indirectly the board's own funds, which cover these payments.
Why it matters
Board members would see a change in their monthly pay for serving on the Heard County Board of Education, funded through the board's own budget rather than a separate appropriation. The travel and reimbursement approval process stays the same, so oversight of expense spending is unchanged.
Key provisions
- Section 1 revises Section 6 of the 1985 Heard County Board of Education Act, as amended in 2018, setting member compensation at $450.00 per month.
- Section 1 preserves the rule that reimbursement for travel outside Heard County requires prior majority board approval and covers things like training sessions or statewide meetings.
- Section 1 requires all expenses to be verified and approved by the board before reimbursement is paid.
- Section 1 specifies compensation and reimbursements are paid from the board's own funds.
- Section 2 sets the effective date as July 1, 2025.
- Section 3 repeals any conflicting laws.
From the bill
“Each member of the board shall receive $450.00 per month as compensation for his or her services.”
“To be eligible for reimbursement, travel must first be authorized by a majority vote of the board and may be for, but is not limited to, attending training sessions or state-wide meetings.”
Status timeline
- Effective Date
- Act 200
- House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- House Sent to Governor (House)
- Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- House Passed/Adopted (House)
Show full history (13 actions)
- House Third Readers (House)
- House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- House Second Readers (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- House Hopper (House)
Sponsors
- David Huddleston (R, HD-72)
Votes
- House voteFebruary 21, 2025
170 yea, 0 nay (7 not voting, 3 excused)
- Senate voteFebruary 28, 2025
51 yea, 1 nay (2 not voting, 2 excused)
Topics
- Heard County
- school board pay
- local legislation
- board of education compensation