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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-50. County school districts; county board for each county.

Each county of this state, exclusive of any independent school system in existence in a county, shall compose one school district and shall be confined to the control and management of a county board of education, except to the extent that area school systems are created pursuant to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia.

## History

Ga. L. 1919, p. 288, §§ 76, 117; Code 1933, §§ 32-901, 32-1101; Ga. L. 1946, p. 206, § 8; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 53.

## Cross References

Consolidation of independent and county school systems, § 20-2-370 et seq.

## Law Reviews

For survey article on local government law, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 225 (1982).