Georgia Senate Bill 151 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-10 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Education and Youth Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local boards of education, so as to provide that local boards of education have the sole authority and responsibility with regard to decisions relating to the initiation and defense of any civil actions, including decisions on whether to pursue appeals; to prohibit the delegation or attempted delegation of such authority; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Local Boards of Education; sole authority and responsibility; initiation and defense of any civil actions on whether to pursue appeals; provide

Sen. Emanuel Jones [D]	Sen. Valencia Seay [D]	Sen. Gloria Butler [D]	Sen. Horacena Tate [D]
Sen. David Lucas [D]	Sen. Harold Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-10	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2017-02-09	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50437
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/164881