Georgia 2023-2024 Regular Session

Georgia Senate Bill SB530 Compare Versions

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2	2	Senate Bill 530
3	3	By: Senators Anavitarte of the 31st, Hickman of the 4th, Burns of the 23rd and Dixon of the
4	4	45th
5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	To amend Subpart 2 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
8	8	1
9	9	Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of employment under the "Quality Basic Education2
10	10	Act," so as to provide for the placement of certificated professional personnel on the state3
11	11	minimum salary schedule; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for4
12	12	other purposes.5
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6
14	14	SECTION 1.7
15	15	Subpart 2 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia8
16	16	Annotated, relating to conditions of employment under the "Quality Basic Education Act,"9
17	17	is amended by revising Code Section 20-2-212, relating to salary schedules, as follows:10
18	18	"20-2-212.11
19	19	(a)(1)
20	20	The State Board of Education shall establish a schedule of minimum salary12
21	21	schedule salaries for services rendered which shall be on a ten-month basis and which13
22	22	shall be paid by local units of administration to the various classifications of professional14
23	23	personnel required to be certificated by the Professional Standards Commission.15
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26	26	(2) The minimum salary schedule shall provide a minimum salary base for each16
27	27	classification of professional personnel required to be certificated; shall provide for17
28	28	increment increases above the minimum salary base of each classification based upon18
29	29	individual experience and length of satisfactory service; and shall include such other19
30	30	uniformly applicable factors as the state board may find relevant to the establishment of20
31	31	such a schedule.21
32	32	(3) The minimum salary base for certificated professional personnel with bachelor's22
33	33	degrees and no experience, when annualized from a ten-month basis to a 12 month basis,23
34	34	shall be comparable to the beginning salaries of the recent graduates of the University24
35	35	System of Georgia holding bachelor's degrees and entering positions, excluding25
36	36	professional educator teaching positions, in Georgia having educational entry26
37	37	requirements comparable to the requirements for entry into Georgia public school27
38	38	teaching.28
39	39	(4) The placement of teachers certificated professional personnel on the minimum salary29
40	40	schedule shall be based on: certificate level and years30
41	41	(A) Years of creditable experience, except that a teacher certificated professional31
42	42	personnel shall not receive credit for any year of experience in which the teacher he or32
43	43	she received an unsatisfactory or ineffective annual summative performance evaluation33
44	44	or for the second consecutive year in which a teacher he or she receives two34
45	45	consecutive an annual summative needs development ratings rating pursuant to Code35
46	46	Section 20-2-210; and36
47	47	(B) Certificate level; provided, however, that, effective July 1, 2025, placement on the37
48	48	minimum salary schedule of certificated professional personnel shall not be based on38
49	49	having a leadership degree unless such leadership degree was earned in conjunction39
50	50	with the completion of an educator leadership preparation program approved by the40
51	51	Professional Standards Commission; and provided, further, that until July 1, 2025,41
52	52	placement on the minimum salary schedule of certificated professional personnel shall42
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55	55	not be based on having a leadership degree, including, but not limited to, a degree43
56	56	earned in conjunction with completion of an educator leadership preparation program44
57	57	approved by the Professional Standards Commission, unless the certificated45
58	58	professional personnel is currently employed in a leadership position as defined by the46
59	59	State Board of Education.47
60	60	(b) The General Assembly shall annually appropriate funds to implement a minimum48
61	61	salary schedule for certificated professional personnel as provided for in subsection (a) of49
62	62	this Code section. For each state fiscal year, the state board State Board of Education shall50
63	63	adopt the minimum salary schedule for which funding has been appropriated by the51
64	64	General Assembly.52
65	65	(c) A local unit of administration shall not pay to any full-time certificated professional53
66	66	employee personnel a salary less than that prescribed by the schedule of minimum salary54
67	67	schedule salaries, except as required by this Code section; nor shall a local unit of55
68	68	administration pay to any part-time certificated professional employee less than a pro rata56
69	69	portion of the respective salary prescribed by the schedule of minimum salary schedule57
70	70	salaries, except as required by this Code section.58
71	71	(d) For purposes of this subsection Code section, an educator's the placement of59
72	72	certificated professional personnel on the minimum salary schedule shall not be based on60
73	73	a leadership degree, which shall mean a degree earned in conjunction with completion of61
74	74	an educator leadership preparation program approved by the Professional Standards62
75	75	Commission, unless the educator certificated professional personnel is employed in a63
76	76	leadership position as defined by the State Board of Education, but shall be placed on the64
77	77	minimum salary schedule position attributable to the educator but for the leadership degree;65
78	78	provided, however, that this shall not apply, regardless of whether or not he or she is in a66
79	79	leadership position, to:67
80	80	(1) An educator Certificated professional personnel who possessed a leadership degree68
81	81	prior to July 1, 2010; or69
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84	84	(2) An educator Certificated professional personnel who possessed:70
85	85	(A) A master's level leadership degree prior to July 1, 2012;71
86	86	(B) An education specialist level leadership degree prior to July 1, 2013; or72
87	87	(C) A doctoral level leadership degree prior to July 1, 2014,73
88	88	so long as he or she was enrolled in such leadership preparation program on or before74
89	89	April 1, 2009. This subsection shall stand repealed and reserved on June 30, 2025.75
90	90	(b)(e)(1) Local units of administration may supplement the salaries of certificated76
91	91	professional personnel subject to the schedule of minimum salary schedule salaries under77
92	92	subsection (a) of this Code section and, in fixing the amount of those supplements, may78
93	93	take into consideration the nature of duties to be performed, the responsibility of the79
94	94	position held, the subject matter or grades to be taught, and the experience and80
95	95	performance of the particular employee certificated professional personnel whose salary81
96	96	is being supplemented.82
97	97	(2) In any fiscal year in which such certificated professional personnel receive an83
98	98	increase under the minimum salary schedule, a local unit of administration shall not84
99	99	decrease any local salary supplement for such certificated professional personnel below85
100	100	the local supplement amount received in the immediately preceding fiscal year by those86
101	101	such certificated professional personnel of that local unit of administration unless such87
102	102	local unit of administration has conducted at least two public hearings regarding such88
103	103	decrease, notice of which hearings, including the time, place, agenda, and specific subject89
104	104	matter of the meeting, the local unit shall cause to be published in the legal organ of the90
105	105	county which is the legal situs of such local unit one time at least seven days prior to the91
106	106	date such hearings are to be held. Written notice shall be provided to each employee92
107	107	certificated professional personnel subject to the schedule of minimum salary schedule93
108	108	salaries under subsection (a) of this Code section at least seven days prior to the date of94
109	109	the hearings. Each such hearing shall be held and shall commence after school hours to95
110	110	allow certificated and noncertificated personnel to attend.96
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113	113	(c)(f) A local unit of administration shall pay beginning classroom teachers the first salary97
114	114	payment for the number of days worked at the end of the first month of the school year in98
115	115	which service is rendered. The State Board of Education shall develop rules and99
116	116	procedures for implementing this subsection by July 1, 2001."100
117	117	SECTION 2.101
118	118	All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.102
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