| 1 | 1 | | 23 LC 43 2633 |
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| 2 | 2 | | H. B. 484 |
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| 4 | 4 | | House Bill 484 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By: Representatives Carter of the 93 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Beverly of the 143 |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Evans of the 57 |
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| 11 | 11 | | , Oliver of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | , Blackmon of the 146 |
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| 16 | 16 | | , and others |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT |
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| 19 | 19 | | To amend Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, so as to extend the sunset date of an option for2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | full-time employment of certain beneficiaries; to increase the number of the areas of highest3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | need relative to the full-time employment beneficiaries; to provide for related matters; to4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | for other purposes.6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1.8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Teachers9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Retirement System of Georgia, is amended by revising subsections (a) and (d) of Code10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 47-3-127.1, relating to full-time employment of beneficiaries permitted under limited11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | conditions, required employer contributions, and areas of highest need, as follows:12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | "(a) From July 1, 2022, until June 30, 2026 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2027, notwithstanding the provisions of Code13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 47-3-127, to the extent and under the conditions provided for in this Code section,14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | a public school system may employ a beneficiary who has obtained 30 years of creditable15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | service in this retirement system in a full-time capacity as a certified teacher of16 23 LC 43 2633 |
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| 37 | 37 | | H. B. 484 |
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| 39 | 39 | | pre-kindergarten through grade 12 who has as his or her primary responsibility the |
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| 41 | 41 | | academic instruction of students in a classroom in an area of highest need determined for18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the RESA to which such public school system is assigned, provided that at least one year19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | has expired from the effective date of such beneficiary's retirement and he or she was not20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | restored to service as a teacher pursuant to Code Section 47-3-127 during such period of21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | time."22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | "(d)(1) As used in this Code section, 'area of highest need' means one of the three |
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| 47 | 47 | | six23 |
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| 48 | 48 | | content areas for which there are the greatest percentages of unfilled positions for24 |
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| 49 | 49 | | classroom teachers in a RESA.25 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) The areas of highest need shall be determined for each RESA annually by the26 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Department of Education after consultation with the Professional Standards Commission.27 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Such determinations shall be based upon a five-year average review of a survey reported28 |
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| 53 | 53 | | by local school systems to the Department of Education. The areas of highest need for29 |
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| 54 | 54 | | each RESA shall be reported to the retirement system on an annual basis beginning30 |
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| 55 | 55 | | July 1, 2022, and ending July 1, 2025 2026."31 |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 2.32 |
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| 57 | 57 | | This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2024, only if it is determined to have been33 |
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| 58 | 58 | | concurrently funded as provided in Chapter 20 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia34 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Annotated, the "Public Retirement Systems Standards Law"; otherwise, this Act shall not35 |
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| 60 | 60 | | become effective and shall be automatically repealed in its entirety on July 1, 2024, as36 |
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| 61 | 61 | | required by subsection (a) of Code Section 47-20-50.37 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 3.38 |
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| 63 | 63 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.39 |
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