Bill Text: GA HB282 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Georgia Master Teacher Program; provide bonus; Distinguished Teacher Leader Certification; establish
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-05 - House Second Readers [HB282 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB282-Introduced.html
09 LC 33
2856-EC
House
Bill 282
By:
Representatives Coleman of the
97th,
Ramsey of the
72nd,
Cole of the
125th,
Pruett of the
144th,
Hembree of the
67th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Subpart 1 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official
Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certificated professional personnel under
the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to revise certain provisions relating
to the Georgia Master Teacher Program; to provide for a bonus for teachers
receiving a Master Teacher Certification; to establish a Distinguished Teacher
Leader Certification; to provide for criteria; to provide for applications; to
provide for a bonus for teachers receiving a Distinguished Teacher Leader
Certification; to provide for automatic certification renewal of Master
Teachers' and Distinguished Teacher Leaders' teaching certificates; to provide
for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Subpart
1 of Part 6 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to certificated professional personnel under the
"Quality Basic Education Act," is amended by revising Code Section 20-2-205,
relating to the Georgia Master Teacher Program, as follows:
"20-2-205.
(a)
The General Assembly finds that excellent public school teachers deserve
recognition for the extraordinary learning opportunity they provide to Georgia
students.
(b)
The Professional Standards Commission is authorized and directed to establish
the 'Georgia Master Teacher
and
Distinguished Teacher Leader Program' to
provide recognition to certificated public school teachers who exhibit
excellence in the classroom.
(c)(1)
The Professional Standards Commission shall establish criteria for a Master
Teacher Certification. Such criteria shall include, at a minimum, evidence of
student achievement, which must include student progress.
Such criteria
may also include, at the discretion of the Professional Standards Commission,
mentoring, department chair position, or other
requirements. A public school teacher
with three or more years of teaching experience in Georgia may submit an
application to the Professional Standards Commission for a Master Teacher
Certification. The Professional Standards Commission shall review each
application and determine whether a teacher meets the criteria for a Master
Teacher Certification. If the Professional Standards Commission finds that a
teacher's application meets the criteria, the teacher
will
shall
be given a Master Teacher Certification, and that teacher
will
shall
be known as and may be called a Master Teacher for a term to be determined
pursuant to rules and regulations of the Professional Standards Commission, but
in no event longer than
seven
five
years. The Professional Standards Commission is authorized to develop rules and
regulations governing the Master Teacher Certification.
(2)
On and after June 30, 2010, each teacher receiving a Master Teacher
Certification pursuant to this subsection shall receive a bonus equal to 10
percent of such teacher's state salary each year such certification is in force.
This paragraph shall be subject to appropriations from the General
Assembly.
(d)(1)
The Professional Standards Commission shall establish criteria for a
Distinguished Teacher Leader Certification. Such criteria shall include, at a
minimum, a Master Teacher Certification; a master's degree or higher in a
content field, curriculum and instruction, or a related field; a teacher leader
endorsement from the Professional Standards Commission; and a recommendation by
the teacher's principal or peer faculty. Such criteria may also include, at the
discretion of the Professional Standards Commission, mentoring, department chair
position, or other requirements. A public school teacher with five or more
years of teaching experience in Georgia may submit an application to the
Professional Standards Commission for a Distinguished Teacher Leader
Certification. The Professional Standards Commission shall review each
application and determine whether a teacher meets the criteria for a
Distinguished Teacher Leader Certification. If the Professional Standards
Commission finds that a teacher's application meets the criteria, the teacher
shall be given a Distinguished Teacher Leader Certification, and that teacher
shall be known as and may be called a Distinguished Teacher Leader for a term
to be determined pursuant to rules and regulations of the Professional Standards
Commission, but in no event longer than five years. The Professional Standards
Commission is authorized to develop rules and regulations governing the
Distinguished Teacher Leader Certification.
(2)
On and after June 30, 2010, each teacher receiving a Distinguished Teacher
Leader Certification pursuant to this subsection shall receive a bonus equal to
15 percent of such teacher's state salary each year such certification is in
force. This paragraph shall be subject to appropriations from the General
Assembly.
(e)
A teacher receiving a Master Teacher Certification or Distinguished Teacher
Leader Certification pursuant to this Code section shall have automatic
certification renewal of such teacher's teaching certificate issued by the
Professional Standards Commission pursuant to Code Section 20-2-200 during the
term the Master Teacher Certification or Distinguished Teacher Leader
Certification is in force.
(d)
This Code section shall be repealed on June 30,
2009."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
