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Senate
Bill 73
By:
Senators Thompson of the 33rd, Stoner of the 6th, Powell of the 23rd and
Thompson of the 5th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 4 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to state funds for local school systems under the
"Quality Basic Education Act," so as to delete special financing and expenditure
provisions for school years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005; to restore the
applicability of financing and expenditure provisions previously enacted; to
provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
4 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to state funds for local school systems under the "Quality
Basic Education Act," is amended by striking Code Section 20-2-167.1, relating
to special financing provisions for school years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"20-2-167.1.
(a)
For the purposes of the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 school years only, the following
changes to Code Section 20-2-167 shall apply:
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, for each
program identified in Code Section 20-2-161, each local school system shall
spend 100 percent of funds designated for direct instructional costs on the
direct instructional costs of such program on one or more of the programs
identified in Code Section 20-2-161 at the system level, with no requirement
that the school system spend any specific portion of such funds at the site
where such funds were earned;
(2)
Direct instruction funds for the kindergarten early intervention program, the
primary grades early intervention program, the upper elementary grades early
intervention program, the remedial education program, and the alternative
education program shall be expended on one or more of these programs at the
system level, with no requirement that the school system spend any specific
portion of such funds at the site where such funds were earned;
(3)
Each local school system shall spend 100 percent of the funds designated for
media center costs for such costs at the system level, and 100 percent of the
funds designated for media materials at the system level;
(4)
During the 2003-2004 school year, funds allocated for staff development may be
spent for any program approved under the 'Quality Basic Education Act.' During
the 2004-2005 school year, each school system shall spend 90 percent of funds
allocated for professional development for such costs at the system level;
and
(5)
Each local school system shall report to the Department of Education its budgets
and expenditures in accordance with this Code section with expenditures based in
the preceding school year for each school site as a part of its report in
October for the FTE count and on March 15.
(b)
Except as otherwise provided by subsection (a) of this Code section, Code
Section 20-2-167 shall apply during the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 school
years.
(c)
No penalty shall apply for failure to comply with expenditure controls set out
in Code Section 20-2-167 that are contrary to this Code section, notwithstanding
any law to the contrary, as long as the local school system complies with this
Code section.
(d)
Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to repeal any other provision of
Code Section 20-2-167 or this chapter, or to apply to any time period other than
the two fiscal years beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30,
2005.
(e)
This Code section shall be automatically repealed July 1,
2005.
All
provisions of Code Section 20-2-167 shall apply to the school year 2005-2006 and
following school
years."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2005.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.