Georgia 2023-2024 Regular Session

Georgia House Bill HB457 Compare Versions

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1	1	23 LC 49 1306
2	2	H. B. 457
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4	4	House Bill 457
5	5	By: Representatives Ballard of the 147
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7	7	, Erwin of the 32
8	8	nd
9	9	, Wade of the 9
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11	11	, Dubnik of the
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14	14	, Corbett of the 174
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16	16	, and others
17	17	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
18	18	AN ACT
19	19	To amend Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
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21	21	Annotated, relating to employment under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to remove2
22	22	the needs development rating from the group of performance evaluation ratings which may3
23	23	adversely impact an educator's ability to obtain a renewable certificate from the Georgia4
24	24	Professional Standards Commission; to remove the needs development rating from the group5
25	25	of performance evaluation ratings which shall be reported by local school systems to the6
26	26	Georgia Professional Standards Commission; to remove the needs development rating from7
27	27	the group of performance evaluation ratings which may adversely impact an educator's8
28	28	ability to obtain a year of creditable service on the state's minimum salary schedules; to9
29	29	provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.10
30	30	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:11
31	31	SECTION 1.12
32	32	Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,13
33	33	relating to employment under the "Quality Basic Education Act," is amended in Code14
34	34	Section 20-2-200, relating to regulation of certificated professional personnel by Professional15
35	35	Standards Commission, rules and regulations, and fees, by revising subsection (c) as follows:16 23 LC 49 1306
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38	38	"(c) An individual who has received any combination of two unsatisfactory, or ineffective,17
39	39	or needs development annual summative performance evaluations in the previous five-year18
40	40	period pursuant to Code Section 20-2-210 shall not be entitled to a renewable certificate19
41	41	prior to demonstrating that such performance deficiency has been satisfactorily addressed,20
42	42	but such individual may apply to the commission for a nonrenewable certificate, as defined21
43	43	by the commission. Each local school system and charter school shall report all22
44	44	unsatisfactory, and ineffective, and needs development ratings of all performance23
45	45	evaluations as provided in Code Section 20-2-210 for certificated personnel in their employ24
46	46	in a manner, format, and frequency determined by the commission. The commission is25
47	47	authorized to release such data provided it cannot be personally identifiable to any26
48	48	currently or formerly certificated person."27
49	49	SECTION 2.28
50	50	Said part is further amended in Code Section 20-2-212, relating to salary schedules, by29
51	51	revising subsection (a) as follows:30
52	52	"(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a schedule of minimum salaries for31
53	53	services rendered which shall be on a ten-month basis and which shall be paid by local32
54	54	units of administration to the various classifications of professional personnel required to33
55	55	be certificated by the Professional Standards Commission. The minimum salary schedule34
56	56	shall provide a minimum salary base for each classification of professional personnel35
57	57	required to be certificated; shall provide for increment increases above the minimum salary36
58	58	base of each classification based upon individual experience and length of satisfactory37
59	59	service; and shall include such other uniformly applicable factors as the state board may38
60	60	find relevant to the establishment of such a schedule. The minimum salary base for39
61	61	certificated professional personnel with bachelor's degrees and no experience, when40
62	62	annualized from a ten-month basis to a 12 month basis, shall be comparable to the41
63	63	beginning salaries of the recent graduates of the University System of Georgia holding42 23 LC 49 1306
64	64	H. B. 457
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66	66	bachelor's degrees and entering positions, excluding professional educator teaching
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68	68	positions, in Georgia having educational entry requirements comparable to the44
69	69	requirements for entry into Georgia public school teaching. The placement of teachers on45
70	70	the salary schedule shall be based on certificate level and years of creditable experience,46
71	71	except that a teacher shall not receive credit for any year of experience in which the teacher47
72	72	received an unsatisfactory or ineffective annual summative performance evaluation or for
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74	74	the second year in which a teacher receives two consecutive annual summative needs49
75	75	development ratings pursuant to Code Section 20-2-210. The General Assembly shall50
76	76	annually appropriate funds to implement a salary schedule for certificated professional51
77	77	personnel. For each state fiscal year, the state board shall adopt the salary schedule for52
78	78	which funding has been appropriated by the General Assembly. A local unit of53
79	79	administration shall not pay to any full-time certificated professional employee a salary less54
80	80	than that prescribed by the schedule of minimum salaries, except as required by this Code55
81	81	section; nor shall a local unit of administration pay to any part-time certificated56
82	82	professional employee less than a pro rata portion of the respective salary prescribed by the57
83	83	schedule of minimum salaries, except as required by this Code section. For purposes of58
84	84	this subsection, an educator's placement on the salary schedule shall not be based on a59
85	85	leadership degree, which shall mean a degree earned in conjunction with completion of an60
86	86	educator leadership preparation program approved by the Professional Standards61
87	87	Commission, unless the educator is employed in a leadership position as defined by the62
88	88	State Board of Education, but shall be placed on the salary schedule position attributable63
89	89	to the educator but for the leadership degree; provided, however, that this shall not apply,64
90	90	regardless of whether or not he or she is in a leadership position, to:65
91	91	(1) An educator who possessed a leadership degree prior to July 1, 2010; or66
92	92	(2) An educator who possessed:67
93	93	(A) A master's level leadership degree prior to July 1, 2012;68
94	94	(B) An education specialist level leadership degree prior to July 1, 2013; or69 23 LC 49 1306
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97	97	(C) A doctoral level leadership degree prior to July 1, 2014,
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99	99	so long as he or she was enrolled in such leadership preparation program on or before71
100	100	April 1, 2009."72
101	101	SECTION 3.73
102	102	All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.74