§ 20-2-52 - Term of office; number of members
               	 		
O.C.G.A.    20-2-52   (2010)
   20-2-52.    Term of office; number of members 
      (a)  Members  of local boards of education shall be elected for terms of four years  unless their terms are otherwise provided by local Act or constitutional  amendment.
(b) (1)  Each local board of education shall have no more than seven members as provided by local Act.
      (2)  This  subsection shall not apply to a local board of education whose board  size exceeds seven members as provided by local constitutional amendment  or federal court order or pursuant to a local law in effect prior to  July 1, 2010; provided, however, that if the local law of any such local  board of education is amended to revise the number of members on such  board, paragraph (1) of this subsection shall apply.