Tipton v. Speer
Cases that cite this one
5 later published cases cite this decision.
- Gwinnett County School District v. Cox (Ga. 2011)
- City of Macon v. Marshall (United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia 1977)
- Chatham Association of Educators, Teacher Unit v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR THE CITY OF SAVANNAH AND THE COUNTY OF CHATHAM (Ga. 1974)
- State Board of Education v. Elbert County Board of Education (Ga. Ct. App. 1965)
- Board of Education v. Oliver (Ga. 1960)
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Opinion
The contractual powers of county boards of education under the Constitution of 1945, art. VII, sec. VI, par. I (Code, Ann., § 2-5901), and art. VIII, sec. IX, par. I (Code, Ann., § 2-7201), are limited by the provisions of art. VIII, sec. V, par. I (Code, Ann., § 2-6801), of the same Constitution, which provides in part: “Each county, exclusive of any independent school system now in existence in a cfmnty, shall compose one school district and shall be confined to the control and management of a County Board of Education.” The contract before the court in the present case clearly provides that “All matters concerning said joint high school program shall be subject to the approval of both” the county board of education and the board of education of the independent school district. The control and management of the proposed new high school would not be confined to the county board of education, and the contract is therefore unauthorized and void.
Judgment reversed.
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