--- title: HB 468. Heard County; Board of Education; revise compensation of members collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb468 cite_as: HB 468, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb468 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb468.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb468/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70380 date: 2025-05-13 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-08-28 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. 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Heard County; Board of Education; revise compensation of members ## Text 25 LC 47 3167/AP House Bill 468 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representative Huddleston of the 72nd A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act providing for the Heard County Board of Educati on, approved1 March 28, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 5078), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 3,2 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 3613), so as to revise the compensation of the members of the Heard3 County Board of Education; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to4 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6 SECTION 1.7 An Act providing for the Heard County Board of Education, appro ved March 28, 19858 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 5078), as amended, particularly by an Act appr oved May 3, 2018 (Ga. L.9 2018, p. 3613), is amended by revising Section 6 as follows:10 "SECTION 6.11 Each member of the board shall receive $450.00 per month as compensation for his or her12 services. While meeting or traveling outside Heard County as a member of the board, the13 chairperson or any member of the board shall receive reimbursement for actual expenses14 necessarily incurred in connection therewith. To be eligible for reimbursement, travel must15 H. B. 468 - 1 - 25 LC 47 3167/AP first be authorized by a majority vote of the board and may be for, but is not limited to,16 attending training sessions or state-wide meetings. All expens es shall be verified and17 approved prior to reimbursement in such manner as may be specif ied by the board. 18 Compensation and reimbursement of board members shall be payabl e from the funds of19 the board."20 SECTION 2.21 This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025.22 SECTION 3.23 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.24 H. B. 468 - 2 - ## 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 468 sets the monthly pay for Heard County Board of Education members at $450 and keeps travel reimbursement rules in place, taking effect July 1, 2025. ### Plain-language summary This bill amends the local law that governs the Heard County Board of Education, first passed in 1985 and previously updated in 2018. It rewrites the section on board member pay, setting compensation at $450.00 per month for each board member. The bill also keeps rules for reimbursing board members, including the chairperson, for actual expenses when they travel outside Heard County for board business, such as training sessions or statewide meetings. Travel must be approved in advance by a majority vote of the board, and expenses must be verified and approved before reimbursement. Both compensation and reimbursement are paid from the board's own funds. The changes take effect July 1, 2025, and any conflicting laws are repealed. ### What it does - Sets each Heard County Board of Education member's monthly pay at $450.00, replacing the prior compensation amount set by the 2018 law. - Continues to allow reimbursement of actual travel expenses for board members, including the chairperson, when traveling outside Heard County on board business. - Requires that travel be authorized in advance by a majority vote of the board before it qualifies for reimbursement. - Requires all expenses to be verified and approved in a manner the board specifies before any reimbursement is paid. - States that both compensation and reimbursement come from the Heard County Board of Education's own funds, not another source. - Sets the effective date of the changes as July 1, 2025, and repeals any conflicting laws. ### Who it affects This bill directly affects the members and chairperson of the Heard County Board of Education, who receive the monthly pay and any travel reimbursements, and the board itself, which must authorize and verify travel expenses and fund the payments. ### Why it matters For Heard County, this bill determines exactly how much local school board members are paid each month and confirms the process for reimbursing their travel costs, affecting the board's budget and the compensation its elected members receive for public service. ### Key provisions - Section 1 revises Section 6 of the 1985 Heard County Board of Education Act to set monthly compensation at $450.00 per board member. - Section 1 also retains language allowing reimbursement of actual travel expenses incurred outside Heard County, subject to prior board authorization by majority vote. - Section 1 requires expense verification and approval under a process the board specifies, and states payments come from board funds. - Section 2 sets the effective date of the Act as July 1, 2025. - Section 3 repeals all laws and parts of laws that conflict with this Act. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-05-13) - Last action: Effective Date 2025-07-01 (2025-05-13) - Sponsors: David Huddleston - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70380 > The history, votes, and amendments (883 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb468.md?full=1