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House
Bill 1483 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Parsons of the
42nd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
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 require two public hearings prior to decreasing any
local salary supplement when there has been an increase in the state minimum
salary schedule; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
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 striking subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"(b)
Local units of administration may supplement the salaries of personnel subject
to the schedule of minimum salaries under subsection (a) of this Code section
and, in fixing the amount of those supplements, may take into consideration the
nature of duties to be performed, the responsibility of the position held, the
subject matter or grades to be taught, and the experience and performance of the
particular employee whose salary is being supplemented. In any fiscal year in
which such personnel receive an increase under the minimum salary schedule, a
local unit of administration shall not decrease any local salary supplement for
such personnel below the local supplement amount received in the immediately
preceding fiscal year by those personnel of that local unit of administration
unless such local unit of administration has conducted at least
one
two
public
hearing
hearings
regarding such decrease, notice of which
hearing
hearings,
including the time, place, agenda, and specific subject matter of the
meeting, the local unit shall cause to be
published in the legal organ of the county which is the legal situs of such
local unit one time at least seven days prior to the date such
hearing
is
hearings
are to be held.
Written notice
shall be provided to each employee subject to the schedule of minimum salaries
under subsection (a) of this Code section at least seven days prior to the date
of the hearings. Each such hearing shall be held and shall commence after
school hours to allow certificated and noncertificated personnel to
attend."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.