Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SR 555 - Educators Technology Train. Commission - create

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1. Broun  46th


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SR 555 96                                          LC 27 0028

      SENATE RESOLUTION 555

      By:  Senator Broun of the 46th


                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Creating the Educators Technology Training Commission;
  1- 2  providing for the commission to undertake a comprehensive
  1- 3  study and develop a comprehensive plan with respect to the
  1- 4  training of Georgia educators in the use of technology;
  1- 5  providing for the membership, powers, duties, and operation
  1- 6  of the commission; authorizing the appropriation of funds to
  1- 7  the commission and the provision of state funds to the
  1- 8  commission; providing for the expenditure of funds by the
  1- 9  commission; providing for the provision of services to the
  1-10  commission; providing for related matters; providing for an
  1-11  effective date; and for other purposes.

  1-12  WHEREAS, new and emerging technology offers the potential
  1-13  for vitally important improvements in education in Georgia;
  1-14  and

  1-15  WHEREAS, an essential element in the fulfillment of such
  1-16  potential is the development and implementation of a
  1-17  comprehensive plan for the training of educators in the use
  1-18  of technology.

  1-19  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
  1-20  GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-21  There is created the Educators Technology Training
  1-22  Commission to be composed of 14 members.  Three members
  1-23  shall be appointed by the Governor.  One member shall be
  1-24  appointed by the Board of Regents of the University System
  1-25  of Georgia.  One member shall be appointed by the State
  1-26  Board of Education.  One member shall be appointed by the
  1-27  State Board of Technical and Adult Education.  Four members
  1-28  shall be members of the House of Representatives to be
  1-29  appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  1-30  Four members shall be members of the Senate to be appointed
  1-31  by the President of the Senate.  The Governor shall
  1-32  designate a member of the commission to serve as chairperson
  1-33  of the commission. The commission shall meet at the call of
  1-34  the chair.



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                         SECTION 2.

  2- 1  The commission shall undertake a comprehensive study of the
  2- 2  needs of the state with respect to the training of educators
  2- 3  in the use of technology and shall develop a comprehensive
  2- 4  plan for meeting those needs. Without limiting the
  2- 5  generality of the foregoing, such study and plan shall
  2- 6  specifically address the methods, facilities, and personnel
  2- 7  necessary to meet such needs and the provision of such
  2- 8  methods, facilities, and personnel from existing state
  2- 9  resources or new sources or both. Such study and plan shall
  2-10  also specifically address the funding necessary to meet such
  2-11  needs and include a plan for the provision of such funding,
  2-12  either through reallocation of existing funding or new
  2-13  funding or both. The commission may issue interim reports of
  2-14  its study and findings as deemed appropriate and shall issue
  2-15  at least one report of its study and findings prior to
  2-16  January 15, 1997.

                         SECTION 3.

  2-17  The General Assembly is authorized to appropriate funds to
  2-18  the commission for the purposes of this resolution.  In
  2-19  addition, any officer, agency, or department of the state
  2-20  may make available to the commission for purposes of this
  2-21  resolution funds appropriated or available to such officer,
  2-22  agency, or department.  Without limiting the generality of
  2-23  the foregoing, it is specifically provided that the
  2-24  Governor, the Board of Regents of the University System of
  2-25  Georgia, the State Board of Education, the Board of
  2-26  Technical and Adult Education, and the legislative branch
  2-27  acting through its Legislative Services Committee, or any
  2-28  combination thereof, may so make funds available to the
  2-29  commission.  Any funds so appropriated or made available to
  2-30  the commission may be expended by the commission in such
  2-31  manner as may be determined by the commission.

                         SECTION 4.

  2-32  The commission is authorized to contract for and engage the
  2-33  services of experts, consultants, and staff as may be deemed
  2-34  appropriate for the purposes of this resolution. The
  2-35  commission may also request the provision of services for
  2-36  purposes of this resolution by any officer, agency, or
  2-37  department of state government, and all officers, agencies,
  2-38  and departments of state government shall cooperate with the
  2-39  commission and provide services so requested to the maximum
  2-40  extent possible.


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                         SECTION 5.

  3- 1  (a) The commission may conduct such meetings at such places
  3- 2  and at such times as it may deem necessary or convenient to
  3- 3  enable it to exercise fully and effectively its powers,
  3- 4  perform its duties, and accomplish the objectives and
  3- 5  purposes of this resolution.

  3- 6  (b) The legislative members of the commission and any
  3- 7  members of the commission who are not state officers or
  3- 8  employees shall receive the allowances authorized for
  3- 9  legislative members of interim legislative committees.  The
  3-10  funds necessary to pay such allowances to legislative
  3-11  members and private members shall come from the funds
  3-12  appropriated to the House of Representatives for members of
  3-13  the House, from funds appropriated to the Senate for members
  3-14  of the Senate, and from legislative funds for ancillary
  3-15  services in the case of private members.

  3-16  (c) Any members of the commission who are state officers or
  3-17  employees shall receive no additional compensation for
  3-18  service on the commission but may be reimbursed for expenses
  3-19  incurred in service on the commission by their respective
  3-20  employing agencies.

                         SECTION 6.

  3-21  This resolution shall become effective upon its approval by
  3-22  the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

                         SECTION 7.

  3-23  The commission shall stand abolished at the adjournment sine
  3-24  die of the 1997 session of the General Assembly unless
  3-25  extended by resolution of the General Assembly approved by
  3-26  the Governor prior to that time.















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