Legal Opinion
Russell v. Fletcher
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 5, 1979No. 35566PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Weltner, Judge.
This court granted certiorari to review a judgment of the Court of Appeals relating to the powers of local boards of education. (Fletcher v. Russell, 151 Ga. App. 229.) The controversy arose concerning the provision by DeKalb County of sanitary collection services and school crossing guards to the constituent schools of the DeKalb County school district.
We granted certiorari to consider whether a local school district may expend public education funds to provide school crossing guards for the purpose of ingress and egress to and from school property.
A county is not required by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fletcher v. RussellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
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