Georgia Code
Article 3 - Local Boards of Education
§ 20-2-73. Suspension and Removal of Local School Board Members Upon Potential Loss of Accreditation or When Schools in System Are Turnaround Eligible Schools; Procedures; Petition for Reinstatement; Prohibition on Use of Public Funds for Litigation...

History. Code 1981, § 20-2-73 , enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 452, § 8/SB 84; Ga. L. 2011, p. 1, § 12/HB 326; Ga. L. 2011, p. 26, § 3/SB 79; Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 20/HB 142; Ga. L. 2013, p. 763, § 1/HB 115; Ga. L. 2017, p. 75, § 3-1/HB 338; Ga. L. 2020, p. 62, § 2-1/SB 68.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, rewrote subsection (a); in subsection (c), inserted “or to improve the ratings of the schools in the local school system so that less than one-half of the schools in such local school system are on the turnaround eligible schools list in subsequent years” at the end of the first sentence and the middle of the fifth sentence; designated the existing provisions of subsection (d) as paragraph (d)(1); substituted “Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a)” for “Subsection (a)” at the beginning of paragraph (d)(1); added paragraph (d)(2); and substituted the present provisions of subsection (e) for the former provisions, which read: “For purposes of this Code section, an eligible member of a local board of education shall mean a board member who was serving on the local board at the time the accrediting agency placed the local school system or school on the level of accreditation immediately preceding loss of accreditation.”
The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, in subparagraph (a)(1)(B), inserted a comma following “Office of Student Achievement” and inserted “with input from the State School Superintendent”.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2011, “subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6) of Code Section 20-3-519” was substituted for “subparagraph (6.1)(A) of Code Section 20-3-519” in paragraph (a)(1) (now subparagraph (a)(1)(A)); and “April 20, 2011” was substituted for “the effective date of this subsection” in subsection (d) (now paragraph (d)(1)).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-3 , in 2011, the amendment of paragraph (a)(1) (now subsection (a)) of this Code section by Ga. L. 2011, p. 1, § 12/HB 326, was treated as impliedly repealed and superseded by Ga. L. 2011, p. 26, § 3/SB 79, due to irreconcilable conflict. See County of Butts v. Strahan, 151 Ga. 417 (1921); Keener v. McDougall, 232 Ga. 273 (1974).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 1, § 17/HB 326, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the 2011 amendment shall be applicable to postsecondary students beginning in the fall of 2011.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 26, § 4/SB 79, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “If a local school system or school is placed on the level of accreditation immediately preceding loss of accreditation on or after July 1, 2010, but prior to the effective date of this Act, local board of education members elected or appointed on or after July 1, 2010, but prior to the effective date of this Act shall be subject to the provisions of Code Section 20-2-73 as they existed on the day prior to the effective date of this Act.” The Act became effective April 20, 2011.
Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 54(e)/HB 142, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “In the event of an irreconcilable conflict between a provision in Sections 1 through 53 of this Act and a provision of another Act enacted at the 2011 regular session of the General Assembly, the provision of such other Act shall control over the conflicting provision in Sections 1 through 53 of this Act to the extent of the conflict.” Accordingly, the amendment to paragraph (a)(1) of this Code section by Ga. L. 2011, p. 752, § 20/HB 142, was not given effect.
Ga. L. 2017, p. 75, § 1-1/HB 338, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘First Priority Act — Helping Turnaround Schools Put Students First.’”
Law reviews.
For article, “Education: Postsecondary Education,” see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 193 (2011).
For article on the 2017 amendment of this Code section, see 34 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 169 (2017).

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