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House
Resolution 1084
By:
Representatives Barnes of the
78th,
Jordan of the
77th,
Dodson of the
75th,
McCall of the
30th,
and Roberts of the
154th
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly may
provide by local law, subject to approval in a referendum, for the election of
the school superintendent of any local school system by a majority of the
qualified electors of the local school system; to provide for the submission of
this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
VIII, Section V of the Constitution is amended by striking Paragraph III in its
entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new Paragraph III to read as
follows:
∀Paragraph
III.
School
superintendents. There shall be a school
superintendent of each system appointed by the board of education
who;
provided, however, that the General Assembly may provide by local law, subject
to approval by a majority of the qualified electors of the local school district
voting in a referendum thereon, that a local school superintendent shall be
elected by the qualified electors of the local school system for a term of four
years concurrent with that of other county officers and until a successor is
elected and qualified. The superintendent, appointed or
elected, shall be the executive officer of
the board of education and shall have such qualifications, powers, and duties as
provided by general law.
Any elected
school superintendent in office on January 1, 1993, shall continue to serve out
the remainder of his or her respective term of office and shall be replaced by
an appointee of the board of education at the expiration of such
term.∀
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
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"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that the General
Assembly may provide by local law, subject to approval in a referendum, for the
election of the school superintendent of any local school system by the
qualified voters of the local school system?"
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All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.