AB As a body created under provisions of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, the Baldwin County Board of Education has full authority to control and manage the Baldwin County School System. The Board shall consider itself the agency through which the county acts in school matters. The Board further considers itself the agency responsible for establishing and appraising educational activities as it attempts to carry out its legal responsibilities and the will of the people of the district in matters of education. While granting broad authority to control and manage the schools, the Constitution of the State of Georgia also specifically authorizes county boards of education to perform the following acts: 1. Each and every county shall compose one school district, and shall be confined to the control and management of a County Board of Education. 2. Contract with each other for the care, education, and transportation of pupils. 3. Accept bequests, donations, and grants of land, or other property, for the use of their respective systems of education. 4. Direct the fiscal authority of the county to levy a school tax. 5. Pass a resolution increasing or removing the tax rate. 6. The Baldwin County Board of Education is the policy-making body for the public schools of Baldwin County. Legal Ref.: Constitution, Article VIII, Section V, paragraph I, Board of Education of Candler County v. Southern Michigan National Bank, 184 Georgia 641, 642 (1937) Georgia School Laws, 2-7202; 2-7501, and 2-7501.1. Adopted: August 10, 1982 BALDWIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION