08 LC
35 0731
House
Bill 994
By:
Representatives Bruce of the
64th,
Hugley of the
133rd,
Randall of the
138th,
Mitchell of the
88th,
Williams of the
89th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 20-2-218 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to duty-free lunch periods, so as to provide a duty-free lunch for teachers in
additional grades; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date;
to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 20-2-218 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
duty-free lunch periods, is revised in subsection (a) as follows:
"(a) Every teacher who is employed in grades kindergarten through
five
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for a period of time of more than one-half
of the class periods of the regular school day shall be provided a daily lunch
period of not less than 30 consecutive minutes, and such employee shall not be
assigned any responsibilities during this lunch period. Such lunch period shall
be included in the number of hours worked, and no local board of education shall
increase the number of hours to be worked by an employee as a result of such
employee´s being granted a lunch period under the provisions of this Code
section. This duty-free lunch period shall not be calculated under any
circumstances as a part of any daily planning period or other noninstructional
time."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2008.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.