Legal Opinion

Glynn County Board of Education v. Lane

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 6, 1991No. S91A0616PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Clarke, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Glynn County. The court held, first, that the court, rather than the Glynn County Board of Education (hereinafter the Board), had jurisdiction over the issues before it. Secondly, the court mandated an audit of the Board’s financial affairs by a private firm of certified public accountants.

OCGA § 50-6-6 (a) requires that the Department of Audits and Accounts annually audit the records of the state’s school systems. Subsection (b) of the statute authorizes local boards of education to have an additional audit.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hilton Constuction Co. v. Rockdale County Board of EducationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  2. Bedingfield v. ParkersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
  3. Servicemaster Management Services Corp. v. Cherokee County School SystemSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Hall v. NelsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  2. DeKalb County School District v. GoldCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  3. Powell v. City of SnellvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  4. Georgia Department of Community Health v. Georgia Society of Ambulatory Surgery CentersSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  5. Georgia Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers v. Georgia Department of Community HealthCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

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