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GA HB1316

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/9/2010

Primary Sponsor

Roberta Abdul-Salaam

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Origin

House of Representatives

2009-2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Enacts a "Bill of Rights" for certificated public school teachers in Georgia, establishing 10 specific employment rights including the right to express constructive criticism without reprisal, associate or not associate with professional organizations, and protection from coercion to change student grades

  • Requires administrators to respect a teacher's professional judgment when removing a disruptive student from the classroom, with the student prohibited from returning to that classroom for the remainder of the day

  • Mandates that teachers be allowed to participate in anonymous, confidential annual evaluations of their school's principals and assistant principals, with results forwarded to the superintendent and local board of education

  • Changes existing law from permissive ("may") to mandatory ("shall") regarding annual teacher evaluations of principals and assistant principals, while keeping those evaluations exempt from open records requirements

  • Guarantees additional teacher protections including the right to grieve unfair evaluations, full salary credit upon transferring between school systems, freedom from discrimination and arbitrary treatment, and teacher-only anonymous voting for school teacher of the year

Legislative Description

Quality Basic Education Act; bill of rights for teachers; enact

Last Action

House Second Readers

3/10/2010

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/9/2010

Full Bill Text

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