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GA SR1444
Resolution
Status
Introduced
4/13/2010
Primary Sponsor
Vincent Fort
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AI Summary
- Creates the Senate Study Committee on Reform of Teachers/Administrators' Rights and Responsibilities, composed of five Senate members appointed by the President of the Senate
- Directs the committee to examine current laws on fair dismissal rights, teacher discipline, superintendent authority to temporarily suspend teachers, and teachers' rights including classroom student removal, grievance filing, administrator evaluation, and due process in disciplinary hearings
- Acknowledges that prior legislative efforts to establish a "Bill of Rights" for teachers—covering classroom control, disciplinary hearing procedures, and other protections—have not been enacted into law
- Authorizes the committee to meet at times and places it deems necessary, with members receiving standard interim committee allowances for up to five days unless additional days are approved, funded from Senate appropriations
- Requires the committee to report findings and proposed legislation, if any, by December 31, 2010, at which point the committee stands abolished
Legislative Description
Reform of Teachers/Administrators' Rights and Responsibilities; create Senate Study Committee
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
4/13/2010
Committee Referrals
Education and Youth4/13/2010
Full Bill Text
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