Bill Text: GA HB455 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Elementary and secondary education; annual contracts for certified personnel; extend certain deadlines

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-04-06 - Effective Date [HB455 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB455-Amended.html

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09 AM 33 0837

ADOPTED
Senators Weber of the 40th and Moody of the 56th offered the following amendment:

Amend HB 455 (LC 33 2964) by inserting after "deadlines;" on line 3 the following:
to amend Code Section 20-2-212 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to salary schedules for certificated personnel under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to provide for placement on the state salary schedule for an educator who has a leadership degree but is not in a leadership position;

By inserting between lines 33 and 34 the following:

SECTION 1A.

Code Section 20-2-212 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to salary schedules for certificated personnel under the "Quality Basic Education Act," is amended by adding to the end of subsection (a) the following:

"For purposes of this subsection, an educator's placement on the salary schedule shall not be based on a leadership degree, which shall mean a degree earned in conjunction with completion of an educator leadership preparation program approved by the Professional Standards Commission, if the degree was earned on or after July 1, 2010, unless the educator is employed in a leadership position as defined by the State Board of Education, but shall be placed on the salary schedule position attributable to the educator but for the leadership degree; provided, however, that this shall not apply to an educator who possessed a leadership degree prior to July 1, 2010, regardless of whether or not he or she is in a leadership position."