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GA SR1290
Resolution
Status
Introduced
3/18/2010
Primary Sponsor
Don Balfour
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AI Summary
- Creates a 12-member Joint Study Committee on Performance Based Salaries for Teachers, comprising 3 state senators (appointed by the Lieutenant Governor), 3 state representatives (appointed by the Speaker of the House), 3 local board of education members (appointed by the Governor), and 3 teachers (appointed individually by the Governor, the Georgia Association of Educators, and the Professional Association of Georgia Educators)
- Addresses the current Georgia teacher salary system, which bases pay on experience and length of service, by examining whether tying compensation to teacher effectiveness and student performance could improve public education outcomes
- Directs the committee to study impacts on student performance, student subgroups (including special education), teacher recruitment and retention, teacher morale, and other relevant factors
- Committee members may meet for up to five days and receive allowances authorized for interim legislative committee members, funded through House and Senate appropriations
- Requires any report with findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation to be submitted by December 31, 2010, at which point the committee stands abolished
Legislative Description
Joint Study Committee on Performance Based Salaries for Teachers; create
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/18/2010
Committee Referrals
Education and Youth3/18/2010
Full Bill Text
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