[2] Its statutory responsibilities are to provide all children in Georgia with a high-quality education and to ensure the efficient operation of the public school system.
[2] Now, with State Senate approval, the Governor appoints one member from each of Georgia's fourteen Congressional districts to serve a seven-year term.
Title 20 of the Georgia Code lays out the process for appealing a case to the SBOE, beginning with a written request submitted to the district's local school superintendent within 30 days of receiving a decision.
[9] Although the resolution does not explicitly mention critical race theory, the SBOE developed the statement in support of Governor Brian Kemp's opposition to CRT in K-12 classrooms.
Likewise, the three dissenting SBOE members argue that the statement denies the existence of racism by declaring that Georgia is not a racist state.