--- title: HB 720. Lee County; Board of Education; revise compensation of members collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb720 cite_as: HB 720, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb720 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb720.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb720/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71122 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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Lee County; Board of Education; revise compensation of members ## Text 25 LC 47 3224/AP House Bill 720 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) By: Representative Yearta of the 152nd A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act to reconstitute the Board of Education of Lee C ounty, approved1 April 9, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 5130), as amended, so as to revi se the compensation of the2 members of such board of education; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related3 matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 SECTION 1.6 An Act to reconstitute the Board of Education of Lee County, ap proved April 9, 19937 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 5130), as amended, is amended by revising Section 6 as follows:8 "SECTION 6.9 Members of the Board of Education of Lee County shall be compen sated in the amount10 of $175.00 per month. Members of the board, including the chairperson, as approved by11 the board, shall be reimbursed for the actual expenses necessar ily incurred for attending12 meetings and nonathletic events in the performance of their off icial duties for the Lee13 County School District."14 H. B. 720 - 1 - 25 LC 47 3224/AP SECTION 2.15 This Act shall become effective on the first day of the month following the month in which16 it is approved by the Governor or in which it becomes law without such approval.17 SECTION 3.18 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.19 H. B. 720 - 2 - ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill.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 720 would set the monthly pay for members of the Lee County Board of Education at $175, updating a 1993 local law that created the board. ### Plain-language summary This bill amends the 1993 state law that reconstituted the Board of Education of Lee County (Ga. L. 1993, p. 5130). It rewrites Section 6 of that law to set new compensation for board members. Under the bill, each member of the Lee County Board of Education would be paid $175.00 per month. Board members, including the chairperson, would also be reimbursed for actual expenses they incur while attending meetings and nonathletic events as part of their official duties for the Lee County School District, if the board approves those expenses. The bill would take effect on the first day of the month after it is signed by the Governor or otherwise becomes law without a signature, and it repeals any conflicting laws. ### What it does - Rewrites Section 6 of the 1993 Lee County Board of Education law to set member pay at $175.00 per month. - Continues allowing reimbursement of actual expenses board members incur attending meetings and nonathletic events, subject to board approval. - Applies the reimbursement provision to the chairperson as well as regular board members. - Sets the effective date as the first day of the month following the bill's approval by the Governor or its becoming law without signature. - Repeals any existing laws that conflict with the new compensation terms. ### Who it affects This bill directly affects the members and chairperson of the Lee County Board of Education, who would receive the updated monthly pay and expense reimbursement, as well as the Lee County School District, which the board oversees. ### Why it matters The change updates how much Lee County school board members are paid for their service, which affects local government compensation and the county's budget for administering its school district, without changing any broader statewide education policy. ### Key provisions - Section 1 revises Section 6 of the 1993 Act reconstituting the Lee County Board of Education to set monthly compensation at $175.00 per member. - Section 1 also preserves reimbursement of actual expenses for meetings and nonathletic events for both the chairperson and other board members, as approved by the board. - Section 2 sets the effective date as the first day of the month after the Governor signs the bill or it otherwise becomes law. - Section 3 repeals any conflicting laws. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-05-13) - Last action: Effective Date 2025-06-01 (2025-05-13) - Sponsors: Bill Yearta - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71122 > The history, votes, and amendments (884 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb720.md?full=1