Bill Text: GA SB491 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; provide for certain notices for disciplinary or evaluation proceedings or conferences
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-29 - Senate Committee Unfavorably Reported [SB491 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SB491-Introduced.html
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Senate
Bill 491
By:
Senator Hill of the 32nd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to elementary and secondary education, so as to provide for certain notices for
disciplinary or evaluation proceedings or conferences; to provide that the
person shall have the right to be accompanied at the proceeding or conference by
a nonattorney representative; to provide that the person shall have the right to
record the proceeding or conference; to provide a definition; to provide for
related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elementary
and secondary education, is amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section
20-2-210, relating to annual performance evaluation, as follows:
"(a)
All personnel employed by local units of administration, including school
superintendents, shall have their performance evaluated annually by
appropriately trained evaluators. All such performance evaluation records shall
be part of the personnel evaluation file and shall be confidential. In the case
of local school superintendents, such evaluations shall be performed by the
local board of education. Certificated professional personnel who have
deficiencies and other needs shall have professional development plans designed
to mitigate such deficiencies and other needs as may have been identified during
the evaluation process. Progress relative to completing the annual professional
development plan shall be assessed during the annual evaluation process.
Certificated
personnel shall be provided at least two business days' notice of any
disciplinary proceeding or disciplinary conference except in extraordinary
circumstances which make such notice impossible or impractical and which shall
be documented in writing, shall be permitted to be accompanied by a nonattorney
representative of the person's choosing, and shall be permitted to record the
proceeding or conference. As used in this Code section, a 'disciplinary
proceeding' or 'disciplinary conference' is a meeting with a supervisor or human
resources representative regarding suspension, termination, or placement on a
professional development plan or an investigation under the state code of
ethics. The state board shall develop a
model annual evaluation instrument for each classification of professional
personnel certificated by the Professional Standards Commission. The local
units of administration are authorized to use the models developed by the State
Board of Education."
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended by revising subsection (e) of Code Section 20-2-940,
relating to grounds and procedure for terminating or suspending contract of
employment, by adding a new paragraph to read as follows:
"(5)
In addition to or in lieu of counsel as provided in subsection (d) of this Code
section, a teacher, principal, or other employee having a contract of employment
for a definite term may be accompanied by a nonattorney representative of the
person's choosing and shall be permitted to record the
hearing."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.