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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-2-58.1. “Immediate family” defined; employment of family members.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-2-58.1. “Immediate family” defined; employment of family members.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “immediate family” means a spouse, child, sibling, or parent or the spouse of a child, sibling, or parent.

(b) No local board of education shall employ or promote any person who is a member of the immediate family of any board member unless a public, recorded vote is taken on such employment or promotion as a separate matter from any other personnel matter. Any board member whose immediate family member is being considered for employment shall not vote on such employment. Nothing in this Code section shall affect the employment of any person who is employed by a local school system on July 1, 2000, or who is employed by a local school system when an immediate family member becomes a member of the local board of education for that school system.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-2-58.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 6.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2000, p. 618, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000.’”